Fragment of a vase

Details

• Title

  Fragment of a vase

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nineveh (place of excavation)

  Asia › Syria (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  c. 8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, unglazed, with stamped decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  formed › stamped

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  3.5 x 9.7 x 9 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by R. Campbell Thompson, from British Museum excavations 1929-1930, 1932.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1932.1086.a

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