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Rare Wide Shallow Bowl with rising notch looping handle, of the Early Bronze Age Circa. 3100 - 2900 B.C.E. The style is not found in Amiran but is a Bab ahd-Dhra form, see Ancient Pottery of Transjordan #47 for a bowl of the same style and fabric with intermediate depth. Bab ahd-Dhra is considered to be the ancient Sodom and Gommorah and was destroyed at the end of the early bronze age. This ware is handmade in a light color with pinkish areas especially at bottom. The bowl measures 17.5 cm diameter (near 7 inches) handle to rim, 15.3 cm diameter (6 inches)rim to rim and 4.2 cm (1.7 inches) height. The vessel is intact with no repairs or restoration.A lucite stand WILL be included.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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