Nuzi Ware Beaker from the Service Section Corridor R95, Stratum II
c. 1500 BCE-1300 BCE
Description
White painted floral and geometric designs on black glaze over gray ware. The paint on one side is extremely faded and worn. Fragmentary but restored in 1950 at the Fogg by Rutherford Gettens.
Dimensions
10.7 x 8.2 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq; Original Field Catalogue #28.11.101 (November 1928, object 101)
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