Concave beaker
Near Eastern, Iranian, Hissar
Chalcolithic
about 4300 B.C.
Findspot: Iran, Hissar I A - B (?), Rayy, Plot: BC 99, p.r. 9, D. 72.45
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 8.7 x 9.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
35.777
Medium or Technique
Pottery
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
The rim is flaring, and the base is rounded. It is decorated with parallel angles. There are lozenges in slender triangles. The color is grayish-black on brown and red-brown. It is almost complete. It is broken and mended.
Provenance
1934, excavated at Rayy (Cheshmeh Ali Tepe, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1935, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: June 6, 1935)
Credit Line
University Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition