Small bowl

Object/Artifact

LMU Archaeology Museum

Name/Title

Small bowl

Entry/Object ID

LMU 132

Description

Small v-shaped bowl covered in a black slip. Possibly a 'faux basalt' treatment meant to mimic more valuable basalt bowls. Uneven, calcified surface on the exterior. Schaub & Rast 1989, Shape: 0798.00.11.30

Made/Created

Time Period

Early bronze age

Place

* Untyped Place

Levant

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Levant

Dimensions

Height

7 cm

Diameter

11 cm

Dimension Notes

Rim width:0.6 cm, Base diameter: 5.8 cm

Materials

Material

Terracotta

Material Notes

Terracotta with burn marks

Colors

Color

10 YR 5/3

Color Notes

Bowl: 10 YR 5/3 brown; lighter scorching: 7.5YR 3/1 very dark gray; darker scorching: 2.5Y 2.5/1 black

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Bâb edh-Dhrâ'; Tomb A 72NE