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Jar

IRAQ, Ur
Jar
 Akkadian Period 2334 BCE-2154 BCE

Medium
fired clay

Measurements
17.8 × 13.9 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Museum, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Ur, Iraq

Accession Number
3441E-D3

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
The jar in cream/pinkish clay has a pointed base and tall wide neck with a ridge below an everted rim, the lower neck being defined by a ridge above a slight shoulder. The fracture is dark tan.

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