Beveled-rim Bowl
3500 BC - 3100 BC
Clay
Nippur
7.4 cm x 19.6 cm diam.
Clay
Nippur
7.4 cm x 19.6 cm diam.
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Discussion Questions
Use the questions provided to guide your examination of the artifact.
What function do you think this bowl might have served?
Why do you think this bowl was so crudely fashioned?
Why do you think so many examples of this type of bowl survive from the Uruk period?