URUK PERIOD, 3500-2900 B.C.
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A MESOPOTAMIAN YELLOW MARBLE JAR
URUK PERIOD, 3500-2900 B.C.
With pink veining, the bulbous body with horizontal rim; another, similar, of squatter form, both 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high max.; a grey stone jar with horizontal rim, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; a dark grey stone bowl of shallow conical form on flat base, 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) diam., all 3500-2900 B.C.; a cream stone hemispherical bowl, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.; a grey stone spherical jar, 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; a black stone rimmed bowl, restored, 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) diam.; and a calcite bowl on shallow disc foot with broad rim decorated with frieze of incised dotted circles and notched edge, 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) diam., 3rd millennium B.C., minor chips to some (8)
URUK PERIOD, 3500-2900 B.C.
With pink veining, the bulbous body with horizontal rim; another, similar, of squatter form, both 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high max.; a grey stone jar with horizontal rim, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; a dark grey stone bowl of shallow conical form on flat base, 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) diam., all 3500-2900 B.C.; a cream stone hemispherical bowl, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.; a grey stone spherical jar, 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; a black stone rimmed bowl, restored, 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) diam.; and a calcite bowl on shallow disc foot with broad rim decorated with frieze of incised dotted circles and notched edge, 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) diam., 3rd millennium B.C., minor chips to some (8)
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