Limestone vessel with natural asphalt coating and inlaid decorations, Uruk, end of the 4th millennium BC, H 22.5 cm.

Vessels and containers – Stone

Material: Rocks/Stones | Type: Containers/Vessels | Countries: Iraq

  • Period

    5th millennium BC – AD 1534

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Iraq

Category

Vessels and containers – Stone
Stone (agate, alabaster, calcite, chalcedony, lapis lazuli, limestone, marble, steatite)
Jars and vases. May have floral and/or geometric motifs, inlaid or carved in relief
© Vorderasiatisches Museum – SMB, Berlin / Olaf M. Teßmer