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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Bowl

AAT Object Form/Functionbowls (vessels)
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
Date3300-3050 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions1 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (4.1 x 14.6 cm)
Object number1955.089
Label TextThese vessels represent one of the three pottery traditions at the site during the Proto-Urban period. Called Proto-Urban A, this tradition consisted of handmade bowls and jugs that were covered with a burnished or polished red slip. Parallels with similar pottery traditions in the Near East suggest the influence of people from Syria and Anatolia.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Tomb K1, Jericho, Palestine.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3300-3050 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3300-3050 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
ca. 700 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ca. 1958-1878 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2010.
20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
1630-1540 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
7th-mid 6th Century BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2014.
late 19th-early 20th Century