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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Bowl

AAT Object Form/FunctionBowl (Vessels)
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
Date3300-3050 BCE
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions2 5/16 x 5 9/16 in. (5.8 x 14.1 cm)
Object number1955.091
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), 29-30, figure 12, number 4.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
Monique Seefried and Bonna Wescoat, Archaeology (May/June 1985), 63.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 42.
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, 2010.
20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ca. 1958-1878 BCE
© 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