Description:

Syria, last quarter of 2nd millennium BCE. Rectangular base; a deep recess on the top; exterior decorated with bands of zigzags bordered above and below by cross-hatching. 2-1/8"H (5.2 cm).

Provenance: Formerly Herbert A. Cahn Collection, Basle, 1990's.

Cf. a similarly compact Syrian (late Hittite) vessel made of basalt, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, inv. no. 81/1, E. Rehm, Kykladen und Alter Orient. Bestandskatalog des Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe, Cat. Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe 1997) 36, 381, no. A 56, illus. 56.

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  • Condition: Minor damage to upper and lower edges. Used for cosmetics or within a sacred context.

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