A SYRIAN INLAID LIMESTONE DISH
circa 2nd millennium b.c.
The flat upper surface with three incised concentric rings around a shallow, rounded hollow, the inner- and outermost with incised zig-zags, the center ring inlaid with squares of steatite with incised cross-hatching, the sides with two flaring flanges projecting from the rim, on a flat disk base
4¼ in. (10.8 cm) in diameter