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Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery with geometric motifs, bowl fragment. Fragment of a bowl wall with a preserved thin rim edge and a transition to a flat, bottom. Before firing, the decoration consisting of geometric motifs was painted with ferrous clay on both sides of the bowl, over a layer of dry, very smoothed glaze. After firing, the painted decoration ranged in color from red to dark brown, while the background is shiny and cream-colored. The geometric motifs on the interior consist of groups of horizontal continuous and dotted lines, alternating with double lines, on which are placed small, elongated ovals. On the outer side, the decoration is a striped composition consisting of groups of several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately to the left and to the right, and alternating triangular fields where the diagonal lines meet. Ca. 6500–ca. 5500 BC; Halaf culture, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 4.6 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 4.4 cm, weight 12 g., A fragment of a broken ceramic shard with a curved edge rests on a neutral gray background; the shard surface is primarily beige and off-white with patches of light tan and areas of worn, darker brown; several dark brown to black parallel bands and stripes run across the shard in diagonal and vertical orientations, some intersecting to form a triangular pattern, and the painted bands show uneven fading and flaking with small speckles of lighter material on top; the edges of the shard are rough and chipped, revealing a slightly reddish-brown interior in places, and the lower curved rim area has a concentrated darker brown band with flaked and pitted texture.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_364

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29.5Mo (1.7Mo) / 31.1cm x 23.8cm / 3670 x 2807 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs bowl fragment bowl wall preserved thin rim edge transition flat bottom firing decoration consisting was painted ferrous clay sides layer dry smoothed glaze painted decoration ranged color red dark brown background shiny cream-colored interior consist groups horizontal continuous dotted lines alternating double lines placed small elongated ovals outer side decoration striped composition consisting several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately left right alternating triangular fields diagonal lines meet Ca 6500–ca 5500 Bc Halaf culture Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 4.6 cm width 5.6 cm depth 4.4 cm weight 12 g fragment broken ceramic shard curved edge rests neutral gray background shard surface primarily beige off-white patches light tan areas worn darker brown several dark brown black parallel bands stripes run across shard diagonal vertical orientations intersecting form triangular pattern painted bands uneven fading flaking small speckles lighter material top edges rough chipped revealing slightly reddish-brown interior places lower curved rim area concentrated darker brown band flaked pitted texture.