Amphora from Hasanlu Tepe

Culture: Iran/Hasanlu Tepe

Period: 9th-8th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 11.4 cm high

Price: 800 Euro

Ref: 6599

Provenance: Austrian private collection Prof. Josef Mairitsch (1938-1994) with the inventory number 16A. Acquired between 1960 and the early 1980s. Thence in the family estate. With an old collection note. With a copy of the inventory list.

Condition: A small hole in the wall of the body, which probably was intentionally pierced in ancient times, to render the vessel unusable. Otherwise only minor wear on the rim and intact. At the bottom traces of a very old collection sticker.

Description: Small, grey-brown polished amphora, which originates from the northwestern Iranian settlement hill Hasanlu Tepe. The vessel stands on a foot ring and has a swagged, biconical body with eight vertical ribs in the lower part. The shoulder is decorated with incised triangles with grooved dots. On the neck an encircling rib, the massive neck itself is conical. Right below the rim the rod-shaped handles start which reach to the middle of the body. A rather rare form. Acquired in Iran.