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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.137
Title
Ribbed Bowl from Grave 5 at Nuzi
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
224-651 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nuzi (Mesopotamia)
Period
Sasanian period
Culture
Sasanian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292384

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque pale olive-green glass
Technique
Mold-blown glass
Dimensions
9.5 x 10.6 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Excavated from Grave 5 by the Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition, Yorghan Tepe, Iraq (1929), distributed; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

Note: The original Field Catalogue number was “29.11.90,” or object 90 found in November, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition (1929-1930)
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.137
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A hemispherical ribbed bowl. The exterior ribbing begins approximately 2.4 cm below the rim and proceeds to the base of the vessel but does not continue along the bottom, which is concave. The interior is smooth. The bowl was discovered broken, and although the complete profile is preserved, a small fragment of the rim is missing.

Verification Level

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