Wine Jar
69-12-15
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Hajji Firuz
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 69-12-15 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Hajji Firuz |
| Archaeology Area | F10 (4c) 3A/20 |
| Date Made | 5400-5000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | "Wine Jar" pottery jar, restricted, carinated; found in fragments. Reconstructed storage jar. The jar is one of a series of jars found sunken into the floor along an interior wall of a "kitchen" in a well-preserved Neolithic house. A reddish residue found inside the jar tested positive for wine and terebinth tree resin. The jar had a capacity of approximately 9 liters (2.5 gallons). It is one of the oldest known wine storage containers in the world. |
| Height | 32 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 33.4 cm |
| Credit Line | The Hasanlu Project (Hajji Firuz); Mary M. Voight, 1969 |
| Other Number | HF68-205 - Field No SF |
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