Inscribed Flask with Bitumen Stopper

125 BC - 226 AD
Clay
Nippur
23 cm x 8.6 cm diam.
A29504

Oriental Institute Museum

Inscribed Flask with Bitumen Stopper

This clay flask has a flat base, barrel shape, small mouth, and a loop handle. It is accompanied by a stopper made of a tar-like substance known as bitumen. The outside of the flask is marked with an Aramaic inscription.

Collected by

Iraq Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1952



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.