Bowl

Unknown

ca. late 8th millennium BCE · Calcite alabaster · Ancient Near Eastern Art

Using only stone and sand to shape and polish objects, Neolithic stoneworking reached extraordinary levels of sophistication. Artisans carved the stone so that natural veins in the rock followed the shape of the finished product. The largest excavated assemblage of Neolithic stone vessels comes from the site of Bouqras, on the Euphrates River.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. late 8th millennium BCE

Medium

Calcite alabaster

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit line

Gift of Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart, 1985