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Jar with antelopes
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian
Jemdet-Nasr/Ninevite 5 Period
3100–2900 B.C.
Object Place: Northern Syria
Medium/Technique
Painted pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 38 v 34.2 cm (14 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number1971.346
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionJar in the "Ninevite 5" style, with painted antelopes. The decline of the Late Uruk culture (3500-3100 BC) was followed by the Proto-Elamite culture in the East, by Jemdet-Nasr in southern Mesopotamia, and Ninevite 5 in northern Mesopotamia. "Ninevite 5" refers to the fifth level of the excavations at Nineveh, where the pottery was first discovered. The similarity of this pottery to that of western Iran suggests close cultural ties between the two regions in the period just before the appearance of cuneiform writing.
Provenance1971, sold by Ernst E. Kofler (b. 1899 – d. 1989), Lucerne, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 13, 1971)