Thursday, January 2, 2025

Ebla's Pottery

 


This jar was excavated at the site of Tell Mardīẖ in 1986. The execution is rather primitive, and its decoration consists of simple motifs and repetitive birds glued to the vessel. 


Provenance: Ebla
Era: Middle Bronze Age. 
Substance: pottery. 
Maximal diameter: 15 cm. 
Text: adapted from Muyassar Fattāl.
Photography: Nicholas Randall
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus



Highlights of the National Museum of Damascus. DGAM (Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées de Syrie). Ministère de la Culture, 2006.

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