Ovoid jar

Object/Artifact

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LMU Archaeology Museum

Name/Title

Ovoid jar

Entry/Object ID

LMU 134

Description

Ovoid handmade jar with a flared rim. The belly has a some fire clouds on the surface. Large crack along the rim and belly, mended with glue and tape (on the inside). Schaub & Rast 1989, Shape: 0264.00.62.30

Made/Created

Time Period

Early bronze age

Place

* Untyped Place

Levant

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Levant

Dimensions

Height

13.5 cm

Diameter

7.8 cm

Materials

Material

Terracotta

Material Notes

Burnished terracotta with scorch marks

Colors

Color

10 YR 6/3

Color Notes

Jar: 10 YR 6/3 pale brown; Slip: 5YR 5/4 reddish brown; Scorch: 10YR 5/2 grayish brown

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Bâb edh-Dhrâ'; Tomb A 72NE