VesselsHurrian2nd millennium BCE

Bowl from Room I3 of Nuzi Stratum VII (or IV)

1500-1350 BCE

Description

Simple, shallow bowl of buff to gray terracotta. Very slight curve to body. Shallow ring base. Ancient breaks have been repaired.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Hurrian

Period

Mitannian period

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.5 x 16.9 cm (2 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq

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