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This pottery cup was wheel-made and unpainted. It has a pointed base. Excavated by Robin Hamilton and Reginald Thompson in 1930-1931 season. Ninevite 5 period, 2750-2500 BCE. From Nineveh, northern Mesopotamia...

These bended pottery cones were probably used for votive purposes. Ubaid period, 4th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

A pottery jar with three painted representations of the ankh sign with 2 arms holding 2 was scepters. From the New Kingdom of Egypt, Ramesside Period, 1292-1069 BCE. The British Museum, London.

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...

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...

This is a fragment of a pottery thurible (censer for burning incense) which was found at Tell Basmosian (modern Lake Dukan, Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq). 2nd millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This partially broken painted pottery dates back to the Samarra culture, Mesopotamia, 6th millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This large pottery basin was decorated with a human face and dates back to the Akkadian period, 2350-2156 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This pottery bowl comes from Casas Grandes (also known as "Paquimé"), which is located in what's present-day Chihuahua, Mexico. It is made from clay and dates to c. 1250-1400 CE. Casas Grandes was one...

The term "Mycenaean" is derived from the site of Mycenae; it refers to the culture of Greece during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Mycenaean imports greatly increased around 1400 BCE and were mostly stirrup...