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SHM 20984:0023 :: vase

Object description: Out-turned rim. Concave neck. Biconical body with a carination on upper part. Distinctly marked belly. Concave, slightly raised base. Decoration: Brown paint; band encircling in- and outside rim and carination. Between belly and carination are a broader band with decorated fields; in three of them are animal-shaped figures, perhaps birds, three of them consist of geometric patterns with chequer-works. Buff clay, buff paint.

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Inventory number

SHM 20984:0023

Serie nummer

1261

Object

vase

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Nehavand

Material

Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Lera

Description

Out-turned rim. Concave neck. Biconical body with a carination on upper part. Distinctly marked belly. Concave, slightly raised base. Decoration: Brown paint; band encircling in- and outside rim and carination. Between belly and carination are a broader band with decorated fields; in three of them are animal-shaped figures, perhaps birds, three of them consist of geometric patterns with chequer-works. Buff clay, buff paint.

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