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potsherd

On display
human history
  • Description

    potsherd, ceramic. Curves outwards at one end (towards rim) slight lateral curvature. Exterior surface is decorated with broad brown parallel lines in opposing directions with an intervening area being lighter in clay colour. Gives the effect of regular dots of light brown against a darker brown surface. Interior surface is brown with no patterning. Al Ubaid Type from Ur.

  • Place
    Ur/South Mesopotamia/Mesopotamia/Southwest Asia/Asia
  • Accession Number
    1931.603
  • Other Id

    16948.6 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • potsherd, 1931.603, 16948.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • potsherd, 1931.603, 16948.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • potsherd, 1931.603, 16948.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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