Beveled-rim Bowl
Clay
Nippur
7.4 cm x 19.6 cm diam.
A31656
Oriental Institute Museum
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.