Nuzi Ware Beaker from the Service Section Corridor R95, Stratum II

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1931.139
Title: Nuzi Ware Beaker from the Service Section Corridor R95, Stratum II
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1500 BCE-1300 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nuzi (Mesopotamia)
Period: Mitannian period
Culture: Hurrian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292041

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq; Original Field Catalogue #28.11.101 (November 1928, object 101)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition (1928-1929)
Accession Year: 1931
Object Number: 1931.139
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Descriptions

Description: White painted floral and geometric designs on black glaze over gray ware. The paint on one side is extremely faded and worn. Fragmentary but restored in 1950 at the Fogg by Rutherford Gettens.

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