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Dish
Near Eastern, Iranian
Early Bronze Age
about 2000 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Clay
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .13 x .218 x .097
Credit Line
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number28.232
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CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSmooth cream clay, painted with designs suggesting architecture: outlet by a perforation at one end. Holes through the solid base at each end. Cup like projections at each corner (two broken away), leopards on each side (one only complete). Similar tanks without animals or outlet have been found at Kerkuk (W. Persia). Also cf. type from Taxila, ASI. AR. 1924-25, XIII, 2, 31.
ProvenanceProbably from Nihawand. 1928: purchased by the MFA along with two other objects* for $250. (Accession date: April 26, 1928)
*28.233-234
*28.233-234