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Cup
Near Eastern, Iranian, Hissar
Chalcolithic
about 4300 B.C.
Findspot: Hissar I A
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D. r. 142, H. 098
Credit Line
University Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession Number35.783
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionCup, convex cone shaped, concave base. Decoration: Three bands of decoration. (1) straight radiations; (2) oblique; (3) cross-hatched checker boards and oblique crosses. Clay: very thin sides of red-brown clay; gray on red brown.
Provenance1934, excavated at Rayy (Cheshmeh Ali Tepe, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1935, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: June 6, 1935)