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Start Over Object class Containers (receptacles) Culture or time period Ancient Near East
Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-263, described as Askos; Legless, globular, “duck” shaped body; open, tubular side spout; stag head, with flat face, conical nose; antlers in front of top opening; high basket handle from rim to back; rounded knob-like tail; three button-like bosses. Incised linear decoration on body and handle consists of short, parallel slanting strokes & groups of three dots. Tip broken and missing from left antler, most of right antler missing, surface abrasion.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-4595, described as Askos; “Bird” with cutaway spout, three knobs, single handle from neck to shoulder, “tail”, three legs (not part of original and made from plaster), red polished surface with incised linear decoration. Spout and Tail broken and mended.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-4594, described as Askos; Legless “bird” with front spout, knobs, single handle arched from neck to bodu, no foot, spout cut away. Incised linear decoration, red polished surface. Tip of spout broken.
Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-264, described as Askos: “Duck”-shaped vessel with pedestal foot, slotted front and rear; oval body, broad back, short cylindrical neck with cut-away spout; slightly curved handle from rim to back; goiter-like projection at front of neck base. Incised linear decoration all over body, on neck, and handle; of parallel lines, strokes and zig-zags. Tip of spout broken and missing, tail broken, part missing, horizontal crack on rim right side. Surface abrasion. Preserved.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Beaker, accession number 9-8940, described as beaker with strap handle; brown on cream; circular bands and triangles on upper third. Insloping shoulder, anular base.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 8-7990, described as Bowl; deep conical shape; gutter-spout at rim; single pierced lug-knob handle at rim on side opposite spout. Incised lines in lug handle. Undecorated. Interior surface encrusted, also exterior near rim.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 8-7973, described as Hemispherical shape, one pierced lug near rim. Incised linear decoration filled with white paste. Design consists of eight triangles radiating from the center of the exterior. Alternate triangles of plain surfaces and triangles filled with horizontal lines. Rim chipped, surface scratched and some encrustation
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 8-281, described as Bowl: large, deep conical shape; very lopsided; no feet, uneven base. Four pierced holes, two in lug handle at rim and two in side of bowl (2.2 cm. below rim) and aligned with handle. Handle on opposite side of rim broken off. Appliqued and impressed design near rim. Surface encrusted.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-6852, described as Thin orange bowl with neck and flaring rim; wheel turned; rim diameter 14.4 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 8-3293, described as Bowl, small size, hemispherical shape, incised linear decoration and red polished surface. One suspension hole. Broken and subsequent mending. Rim chipped, surface abrasion.

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