The Flood Tablets
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Lions of Urkesh
Goblet

The light yellowish-green color is generally produced by a kiln fired to a high temperature.

 
Mesopotamia : Ur
Ur III Pottery
Period: Middle Bronze I
AL Chronology: 2065—1900 BC (period)
Middle Chronology: 2150—2000 BC (period)
Civilization: Neo-Sumerian

The buff colored pottery has all the hallmarks of advanced wheel-turning techniques, such as the ridged-rims and sharp edges.

Utility and Beauty

The light-colored pottery is well fired, giving the vessels a metallic feel.

 

Ur III and Barbar Ware

Comparison

Barbar Ware and Ur III pottery both employed horizontal fluting.

 
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