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Brief Overview
The definition of what is a cup is the same for all units and all time periods in the UGR. See https://urkesh.org/mz/a/ceramics/texts/a2/shapes-main.htmhere for further details. Khabur period ceramics were found in the excavations of A11, A13 and A16, some tombs and a number of pottery kilns excavated in A15 (see also Lorenzo Crescioli’s MA thesis). Because of these limited contexts there are relative few Khabur period ceramics found in the excavations. The Plaza context where there was a large amount of Mittani pottery did not contain Khabur ceramics although it did yield ceramics painted in Khabur-type decoration bands which were still being produced in the Mittani period.
In previous periods conical cups were still an important type of drinking vessel but in this period very few were found. They could be painted with parallel horizontal lines.
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