1931.157: Amphoriskos
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.157
- Title
- Amphoriskos
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- early 3rd-mid 7th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nuzi (Mesopotamia)
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Culture
- Sasanian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292333
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta with green-blue glaze
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq in Nov. 1929; Original Field Catalogue Entry:
29.11.161 "jar, complete, small, with handles on both sides, green glazed. Loose medium texture; grave 13; glazed flask [pencil annotation]."
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.157
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- The foot and flat disk base remain unglazed. About 1 cm of glaze exists on the interior lip of the vessel. An incised groove runs below the glaze on the shoulder, at the same level as the lower handle attachments. The object is in good condition, although some of the glaze has faded and flaked off.
Verification Level
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