Samarra Pottery

unknown (Mesopotamian)
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/18591
Date
-700
Description
full view, large pot ornamented with three panels of defecating ibexes with a background of centipedes and swastikas, the latter a very common Samarran motif
Type of Work
Pottery; Artifact
Subject
Ceramics, Vessels, Samarra' (Iraq), Pottery, Iraq --Antiquities, Mesopotamia, Archaeological sites --Iraq, Swastikas, Defecation, Animals in art, Centipedes
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