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Bowl rim sherd

Period:
Early Bronze Age
Date:
ca. late 3rd millennium B.C.
Geography:
Mesopotamia, Tell Taya
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3.15 x 5.71 in. (8 x 14.5 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Vessels
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.222.60
Not on view
1968–69, excavated by Julian Reade, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1972, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations.
Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 103 (Jul. 1,1972 - Jun. 30, 1973), p. 29.

Timelines
Mesopotamia, 8000-2000 B.C.

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