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title: Black-Glazed Pottery from Jordan
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10108/black-glazed-pottery-from-jordan/
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updated: 2025-01-08
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# Black-Glazed Pottery from Jordan
_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10108.jpg)
## Image Caption
Black-glazed [pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) from [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/). Although known by this term, the pottery is not technically glazed. It evolved from the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) Attic "Red-on-Black" pottery, but the images of heroes and gods that made the Attic vases famous were replaced by vegetal and simple geometric motifs by the end of the 4th century BCE. The centers for the production of the black pottery spread across the northern [Mediterranean](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/mediterranean/) areas during the [Hellenistic period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenistic_Period/), where there were raw materials for producing the metallic slip. Only a few pots were found in Jordan, as it was a luxury import reserved for the elite.
The Jordan Museum, Amman.
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## About the Author
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work
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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, February 18). Black-Glazed Pottery from Jordan. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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