Unglazed pottery jar with a rounded body and base. The neck, mouth and upper body of the vessel have been painted with dark brown linear designs. [MdeA 12/2/99]

Collection type: Object
Description: Unglazed pottery jar with a rounded body and base. The neck, mouth and upper body of the vessel have been painted with dark brown linear designs. [MdeA 12/2/99]
Geographical reference: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Asia > Southern Asia > Iran, Islamic Republic of; Tepe Giyan
Person: Field collector Denis Alfred Jex Buxton; PRM source The Estate of Denis Alfred Jex Buxton; PRM source Cecilia Rachel Buxton
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Bronze Age Giyan III Archaeological period: Bronze Age Giyan IV
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Thrown, Process Painted, Process Decorated, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions: Diameter: max 76 mm, Height: max 67 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.32.67 Other numbers: 409
Research and responses: 1966.32.68 has "?Tepe Gigyan (Louvre) Ghirshman or Contenain" written on the object and this refers to the excavators of the site of Giyan Tepe, who conducted work there in 1931-1932 under the sponsorship of the Musées Nationaux and the École du Louvre. It is likely that this object is also from this excavation. See: Georges Contenau and Roman Ghirshman, “Rapport preliminaire sur les fouilles de Tepe Giyan, près de Nehavend (Perse),” Syria 14, 1933, pp. 1–11. [AS 28/07/2010]
Associated publications: Georges Contenau and Roman Ghirshman, “Rapport preliminaire sur les fouilles de Tepe Giyan, près de Nehavend (Perse),” Syria 14, 1933, pp. 1–11. [AS 28/07/2010]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery