2003.244: Black Bowl
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.244
- Title
- Black Bowl
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
- Period
- Early Dynastic III period
- Culture
- Sumerian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72348
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Diameter: 11.5 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carol Hebb and Alan Feldbaum
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.244
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Sumerian black stone bowl. Heavy and quite thick. Exterior is decorated with plain band at rim and fluted pattern below to base. The interior is smooth. Object is reconstructed from nine fragments and is mostly complete, with small chip visible on the rim.
Verification Level
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