Clay Peg

1400 BC - 1150 BC
Clay
Tell Fakhariyah
21 cm x 9.0 cm x 9.0 cm
A34164

Oriental Institute Museum

Clay Peg

The idea of using baked clay pegs as patterned wall decoration dates back to prehistoric times. The painted red head of this peg would have projected out from the surface of the wall, while the cone would have been embedded in the brickwork.

Collected by

Dr. Calvin McEwan
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1940



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Suggested Readings

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

Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture. London: Routledge, 1988.

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