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This jar was found in one of the wine-cellars in the arsenal at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). It is marked in cuneiform with its capacity; 1 homer, 3 seah, 7 qa. In fact, it holds about 300 liters. Assyrian, late 7th century BCE. From Nimrud, Mesopotamia...

This is an example of a type of decorated pottery known as Scarlet Ware. The painting includes chariot and banquet scene with musicians. One musician plays a bull-headed lyre. The jar is the earliest object so far known to combine these recurrent...

A jar in the shape of a bear, Shaanxi / Henan Region, China. Western Han Dynasty, 2nd/1st century BCE. Exhibited in Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

This ball-body jar was found in the Faida district of the modern city of Musil, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. It dates back to the Hassuna period, 6th millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

The decorative paintings on this pottery jar can still be seen. From northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian perod, 911-609 BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

Double handed terracotta jar, from the city of Boğazköy, central Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. 8th century BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

Double-handed terracotta jar from Phrygia, in modern-day Turkey. 7th-6th century BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

This is a pottery jar with black repousse. It has 2 perforated handles on its shoulder. From Badari, Egypt. Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada III, 3200-3150 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum...

This pottery jar was handmade and painted. It is carinated and stemmed with four equidistant vertically perforated lugs on the carination. Ninevite 5 Period, 3000-2750 BCE. From Nineveh, Northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British Museum, London...

This partially broken jar dates back to the Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).