The metallic sound produced by this pottery is evidence of high firing temperatures.
Akkadian pottery is marked by new forms such as the pilgrim flask. Jars with rounds bottoms and rims with sharp edges appear, their style driven by advancements in wheel turning. The pottery is simple and unadorned but functional and well-made, thus continuing a tradition already established in the Uruk and Early Dynastic periods.
Note the ridged and collared rims. The bowls have flat bases and the jars rounded ones. The pilgrim flask is a new design.
Frankfort, Henri.
Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt and their Earliest Interrelations. Occasional Papers, No. 6. vols.
London: Royal Anthropoligical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1924.