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A Salado polychrome jar, typical of the Salado Culture style of decoration. 1340-1450 CE, Arizona- New Mexico, USA.

Small marble jar which was found at Tell es-Sawwan, Iraq. Tell es-Sawwan is an ancient archaeological site in Saladin Province (about 110 Km north of Baghdad) and is associated with the Samarra culture. 6000-5800 BCE. On display at the Iraq...

This pottery jar has two bronze handles and was found in the Nzara area near Pangween village of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. The Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

An oval seal impression repeated on the rim and handles of a large jar. Seal impressions are official guarantees of the jars and their contents; therefore, stamped jars indicated the presence of a local administrative center and trade relations...

Alabaster ointment jar from Pompeii. 1st century CE. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, (National Martime Museum, Sydney Australia). Alabaster was used frequently for ointment vessels as the stone preserved the contents.

This painted jar was shaped like a woman. Female figurines were important in Anatolia. Often, the breasts and thighs were emphasized, suggesting that they represent fertility goddesses. Possibly from Hacilar, South-Western Turkey. Early...

This jar dates from the 26th century BCE and is made of earthenware with pigments. It was made by the Majiayao Yangshao culture during the Banshan phase (c. 2655-2330 BCE). (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...

This type is similar to the ones used for infant burials, but this one is painted with red strips using iron oxide (hematite), material already known during the Neolithic period for coloring plaster. The Jar was carefully made on a straw...

This bulbous jar dates back to the early Bronze Age, 3150-2900 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum ,Iraq).

The hieroglyphic signs on this calcite-alabaster ovoid jar mention the name the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I and his Sed festival, in addition to naming the pyramid complex of Pepi I (r. 2335-2285 BCE) at Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom...