3rd-2nd millennium BC. A very large terracotta bowl with narrow base, raised foot, ribbed line to the shoulder. Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, p.401, fig.9, for type. 1.8 kg, 32cm diameter (12 1/2"). UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. The bowl resembles Palestinian pottery from the Middle Bronze Age, particularly the examples from the Jericho necropolis. [No Reserve]