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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.150
Title
Shouldered Beaker from Well in Room R96 of Palace of Nuzi, Stratum II
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1500-1350 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nuzi (Mesopotamia)
Period
Mitannian period
Culture
Hurrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292056

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
18.2 x 8.4 cm (7 3/16 x 3 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition (1928-1929)
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.150
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shouldered, light yellowish terracotta beaker with narrow foot. The tapered body bears four dimples, or slight depressions, set apart from one another at fairly regular intervals. Minor chip in foot.

Exhibition History

  • Nuzi and the Hurrians, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Cambridge, 04/01/1998 - 05/01/2008

Verification Level

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