Fragment of a large chalice decorated with frieze of antelope with tall necks and small bodies, solid bands above and below

Details

• Title

  Fragment of a large chalice decorated with frieze of antelope with tall necks and small bodies, solid bands above and below

• Associated place

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

• Date

  6000 BC - 500 AD

• Material and technique

  clay, pigment

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase › pedestal vase

• Dimensions

  22 cm (height)
  50 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1932.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1932.1102

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