Jug

Unknown

ca. 600–400 BCE · Ceramic · Ancient Near Eastern Art

This ceramic jug has a teardrop-shaped body, a flat base, a slightly flaring rim and a single handle connecting the shoulder to the rim. It is made of a red clay and has been burnished. It was excavated at Yarim Tepe in northeastern Iran, six miles south of the modern town of Gonbad-e Kavus. Yarim Tepe was a small settlement, inhabited from the Neolithic to the Parthian period, with many interruptions. This jug probably dates to the Achaemenid period. Its small size and flat base suggest it was a table vessel, used for serving a liquid such as wine.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 600–400 BCE

Medium

Ceramic

Culture

Iran

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit line

Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963