Bowl Pierced with Four Holes

AAT Object Form/FunctionBowl (Vessels)

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodEarly Bronze Age

Date3300-3050 BCE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Dimensions2 1/4 x 4 7/16 in. (5.7 x 11.3 cm)

Object number1955.092

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 HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 30, figure 12, number 6.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.

ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Tomb K1, Jericho, Palestine.

Status

On view

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