Beveled-rim Bowl

3500 BC - 3100 BC
Clay
Nippur
7.4 cm x 19.6 cm diam.
A31656

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Beveled-rim Bowl

This beveled-rim bowl was formed by pressing clay into a mold by hand. Bowls such as this one are found by the tens of thousands at sites from the Uruk period. They may have been used to serve set amounts of food to workers on large building projects.

Collected by

Nippur Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1960-1961

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Suggested Readings

Hunter, Erica. First Civilizations: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

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