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Jar with geometric decoration
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Late Ubaid Period
4500–4000 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diamter: 27 x 28 cm (10 5/8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
Accession Number1986.30
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionPainted pot with carinated body and tall neck. Zigzag decoration in dark brown paint on cream-colored slip. The Chalcolithic Period in Mesopotamia is called the Ubaid Period, after a distinctive pottery found at the site of Tell al-Ubaid, near Ur in southern Iraq.
Provenance1986, sold by Astarte Gallery, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 1986)