"Wine Jar" pottery jar, restricted, carinated; found in fragments. Label: "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 at HF Tepe in NW Iran. 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 the oldest known wine storage container in the world."
Cut with tall straight sides flaring slightly from a flat base. Orange paste with fine grit temper. Thick walled. Exterior has matte cream slip, decorated with thick lustrous red paint. Filled in "scallops" painted around rim, 5 bands of irregularly painted zig-zags/scallops below. Solidly painted around base with scallops in reserve.Painted
On the exterior are two molded bands at right angles, both decorated with finger impressions. Brown ware, light brown slip on both surfaces bearing traces of streaky brown wash. Handmade.
On the exterior is a molded band diagonally incised to form a cord pattern. Reddish brown ware, black slip on the interior, red slip on the exterior. Handmade.
Rim fragment of a hole-mouth jar. Grey ware burning light brown; cream-coloured slip on both surfaces; the exterior bears traces of brown wash. Handmade.
Loop handle having a wide flat top. Gritty light brown ware, light brown slip on both surfaces; the exterior is covered with streaky red wash. Handmade.
Cylindrical handle. Gritty grey ware burning buff; light brown slip on both surfaces; the exterior is covered with red wash; traces of red wash on the interior. Handmade.
Tall with flaring sides and flat base; buff, matte, exterior decorated with bands at rim and near base, chevron and geometric designs in brown paint over most of body; broken, some repairs in plaster.Painted
CBS Register: clay figurine. pre-flood nude woman. fragt. head. El O'beid type.UE IV: clay figurine, head of; unusual type with skull, full face, horizontal slit eyes and small mouth; the face painted bright red with traces of black bands on the high headdress.