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Beveled-rim bowls were formed by pressing clay into a mold—the fist imprint of its maker is still visible in the base of the bowl. Bowls such as this one are found by the tens of thousands at sites from the Uruk period. They may have been used to serve food to workers on large building projects.

Clay Tablet

Name: Beveled-rim Bowl

Material: Clay

Size:
Diameter: 19.4 cm (7.6 in)
Height: 7.4 cm (2.9 in)

Date: 3300-3100 BCE

Place of Origin: Inanna Temple, Nippur, Iraq

Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Source and Registration#:
Oriental Institute Museum A31656

Geoff Emberling

Former Chief Curator, Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago