- Object Name:
- Cooking Pot
- Place Made:
- Israel
- Date:
- 1st century BCE-2nd century CE
- Medium:
- Clay: wheel-turned, ribbed, and fired
- Dimensions:
- 6 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (17.3 × 20.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Betty and Max Ratner Collection
- Accession Number:
- 1981-93
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The basic form of the cooking pot, with its globular body, wide mouth, and two handles, remained unchanged from the earlier Iron Age. Various stylistic indicators, such as the horizontal ribbing and minor alterations in shape, can help archaeologists date these pots more closely.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.