Clay Jug
Datec. 2800-2500 BC
Mediumclay
Dimensions21.5 x 14.7 cm
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lillian Malcove
Object numberM82.344
DescriptionFired clay jug with a short cut-away neck and single handle from neck to lower shoulder, and a small flattened base. Deliberately fired unevenly, red at bottom and black near top. Burnished surface decorated with triple incised lines in "V" patterns and three pairs of raised nipples. From Yortan, west-central Turkey, Late Early Bronze Age 1-111a, early to mid 3rd millennium BC.Collections
- Malcove Collection
c. 2800-2500 BC
c. 2700 BC
c. 2000-1200 BC
c. 550-400 BC
c. 4-3 millenium BC
early 3rd c
c. 3 mill BC
c. 550-400 BC
c. 2nd c