Arpachiyah : Two shallow bowls from first half of 5th millennium BC, fired clay, painted
Date
Authors
Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Description
Above : 23.6 cm diameter (Iraq Museum, Baghdad). Below : 14 cm diameter (British Museum). Above : glossy black and red on burnished orange-red slip, with design of red stripes and black wavy lines on outside. Below : Buff-colour slip, inside decorated with matt black & red paint
outside with stripes and wavy lines in lustrous red and black paint. -- Halaf culture (Eridu-'Ubaid period).
outside with stripes and wavy lines in lustrous red and black paint. -- Halaf culture (Eridu-'Ubaid period).
Citation
Collections
Source
Type
Archives Series
Date created
1964
Access Statement
License Rights
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
DOI
Restricted until
Downloads
File
Description