Burnished ware carinated jar with bands of geometric decoration

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Vessel/Jar. Burnished ware carinated jar with bands of geometric decoration on neck and shoulders. Find Spot: Sialk Iran; 61.D.161. Clay, height 0.176 m, c. 1200-1000 BC.

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Accession Number: ANE.15.1987
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 837 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 115.76kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2009:04:02 16:22:44

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antiquity BC burnished clay Fitz_ANT geometric geometrical Iranian jar vessel

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