"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.