Jar
Jar

Currently not on view

Jar

Mesopotamian
Achaemenid Persian Period, ca. 550–330 BCE
y1956-75

Information

Title
Jar
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 20.0 cm, diam. 15.0 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Object Number
y1956-75
Place Excavated

Iraq, Nippur

Inscription
Incised on lower shoulder after firing.
Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Achaemenid
Type
jars, ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
stripes

Excavated from Nippur (SE15, II-1, SW of 4B29); given to the Museum by the American Schools of Oriental Research (now American Society of Overseas Research, ASOR) in 1956

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