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Pottery: Persian Oil Vessel
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Pottery: Persian Oil Vessel

Persian Oil Vessel

Persian Oil Vessel

167 × 240  334 × 480  418 × 600
535 × 768  714 × 1,024  1,629 × 2,337
license: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
source: Wikimedia Commons
author: A.Davey
Description

A photograph shows an aged piece of Persian pottery. This vessel features handles stylized as rams or another horned animal, with the jug itself shaped with a wide opening, narrow neck, and large body.

Date

Artifact: 550–330 BC

Photo: April 2010

Information

This Persian vase, dated to the 6th–4th centuries BC, features decorative handles stylized as rams. Vessels such as this one would have been used for holding wine, water, or cooking oils.

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Bibliography

Batmanglij, N. (2011). Food of life: A book of ancient Persian and modern Iranian cooking and ceremonies. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers.

Laudan, R. (2013). Cuisine and empire: Cooking in world history. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.