Urkesh Ceramic Analysis

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Khabur Painted

Laerke Recht – June 2015
February 2017

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Introduction

Khabur style decorations are generally less intricate than Mittani style decorations with a focus on painted lines and triangles. These decorations are often located on the neck of the vessels. Paints can be reddish brown to black.

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Solid paint on rim and part of neck (K1)







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Solid paint on neck (K2)

See also combinations K2+K8.

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Solid paint on neck with parallel stripes below (K3)

See also combinations B6+K3.







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Parallel straight lines (K4)

See also combinations K4+K8, and I2+K4.







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Running triangles filled with parallel lines (K5)

See also combinations K5+K8.







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Running hatched triangles below rim (K6)

See also combinations K6+K8.





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Running hatched lines (K7)



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Parallel stripes on top of flat rim (K8)

See also combinations K2+K8, K4+K8, K5+K8, K6+K8, and K8+K13.






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Solid paint on rim only (K9)

See also combinations I7+K9.



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Solid paint on rim with triangles below (K10)



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Solid paint on rim and parallel straight lines (K11)

See also combinations I7+K11.





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Solid rim and neck, incised wavy line over parallel straight line (K12)

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Amorphous design between upper and lower straight borders (K13)

See also combinations K8+K13.


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Other (described in notes) (K14)


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Combined decorations

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Solid neck, and groups of parallel stripes on top of flat rim (K2+K8)

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Parallel straight lines, and groups of parallel stripes on top of flat rim (K4+K8)


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Running triangles filled with parallel lines, and groups of parallel stripes on top of flat rim (K5+K8)




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Running hatched triangles below rim, and groups of parallel stripes on top of flat rim (K6+K8)


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Groups of parallel stripes on top of flat rim, and amorphous design between upper and lower straight borders (K8+K13)

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