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Habur Ware Jar: This jar, from the early second millennium BCE, was found in Stratum V at Yorghan Tepe. Vessels with this type of painted decoration, referred to as Habur Ware, are found all across northern Syria and Mesopotamia. The decoration is in red paint, and includes horizontal bands and hatched triangles. |
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The
jar and bottle are typical of the Akkadian period (late 3rd millennium
BCE) in Mesopotamia. Neither has any surface decoration, and both are wheelmade.
The map, oriented with north to the left, shows two lines of hills with rivers flowing between them. It was created to show the location of the parcel of land indicated at its center. It comes from the late 3rd millennium BCE and is the earliest known map in existence. |
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Neolithic Artifacts: The first settlement at Yorghan Tepe was founded on virgin soil during the Ubaid Period (5th millennium BCE). Since only a limited exposure was possible at Yorghan Tepe, the excavators also dug soundings at the nearby site of Kudish Saghir, where Ubaid levels were at the surface. Characteristic of this period are painted jars, double-mouthed jars with knobbed surface decoration (seen above), and baked clay tools for grinding grain. This knobbed-ware jar is from Yorghan Tepe; of the two clay mullers (grinding tools), one is from Yorghan Tepe, and one from Kudish Saghir. |