
Containers and Vessels
Stone
Iraq
Bowl [B17134]. Courtesy of the Penn Museum
Import restricted since 1990, section II.F.2 of 2008 designated list.
Size: 10-15 cm in diameter
Date: Neolithic (c. 6800-5500 BC)
Alabaster miniature vessels date to the late Neolithic period. Forms include small bowls, plates, cups, anthropomorphized jars, and complex forms of unknown purpose.