Mittani Painted

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Introduction

Mittani-style decorations cover a wide range of types. Like the Khabur-style painted decorations, there are many lines and triangles. In addition to the lines and triangles there is a wide range of other shapes including dots, animals and intricate patterns such as the checkerboard pattern.

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Alternating solid bands and lines on rim, neck and body (M1)

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Thin line on rim with solid paint on neck (M2)

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Parallel lines on neck and body (M3)

See also combinations M3+M8+M24, and M3+M19.

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Solid paint on rim with parallel lines on neck and body (M4)

See also combinations A1+M4.

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Alternating parallel dark solid areas and lines on rim, neck and body as background for white dotted circles/half circles decoration (M5)

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Red or black solid paint as background for white painted animal figures (M6)

See also combinations M6+M22, M6+M24 and M6+M12+M22.

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Red or black solid paint as background for running white half oval shapes decoration, (the opining of the oval shapes are either at top or bottom) (M7)

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Running crosshatched triangles (M8)

See also combinations M3+M8+M24.

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Running crosshatched triangles alternating with star decoration bordered with solid paint (M9)

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Alternating parallel solid bands and lines on rim, neck and body as background for wavy line decoration with parallel lines on top of rim (M10)

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Alternating parallel solid bands and lines on rim, neck and body as background for triangles and dotted circles decoration with parallel lines on top of rim (M11)

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Paint on both edges of a flat rim with some dark painted stripes highlighting negative space on top of the rim (M12)

See also combinations M6+M12+M22, M12+M24+M32 and M12+M26.

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Crosshatched band bordered with straight lines (M13)

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Fingerprints on top of the rim (M14)

Not currently illustrated.

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Solid paint covering entire vessel in the interior and exterior (M15)

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Solid paint covering the exterior of the vessel up to interior edge of the rim (M16)

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Triangles and dots on the body (M17)

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Solid painted on rim exterior (M18)

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Parallel stripes on top of a flat rim (M19)

See also combinations M3+M19, M19+M22, and M19+M26.

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Solid paint on the interior (M20)

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Spiral design painted on the interior of the base (M21)

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Other (M22)

See also combinations M6+M12+M22, M6+M22, and M19+M22.

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Ribbed band with painted stripes (M23)

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Drip spots on interior or exterior / drip spots on handle (M24)

See also combinations M3+M8+M24, M6+M24 and M12+M24+M32.

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Solid paint on rim and on the upper body (M25)

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Dark painted band with white vertical zig-zags as a second layer of paint (M26)

See also combinations M12+M26 and M19+M26.

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Red edged bowls or plates (M27)

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Rope type decoration 1 or 2 lines (M28)

This code no longer in use - see Appliqué decorations.

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Parallel solid band paint in black for white paint on the upper band and a star on the second band (M29)

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Alternating oblique parallel lines and dots on top of a flat rim (M30)

No examples.

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Combinations (M31)

This code no longer in use, see below under combinations for articulated combinations.

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Checkerboard Pattern (M32)

See also combinations M12+M24+M32.

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Combined decorations

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Parallel lines on neck and body, running crosshatched triangles, and drip spots on interior or exterior / drip spots on handle (M3+M8+M24)

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Parallel lines on neck and body, and parallel stripes on top of flat rim (M3+M19)

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Painted animal, paint on both edges of a flat rim with some dark painted stripes highlighting negative space on top of the rim, and other decorations (M6+M12+M22)

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Painted animal and other decorations (M6+M22)

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Painted animals, and drip spots on interior or exterior / drip spots on handle (M6+M24)

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Paint on both edges of a flat rim with some dark painted stripes highlighting negative space on top of the rim, drip spots on interior or exterior / drip spots on handle, and checkerboard pattern (M12+M24+M32)

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Paint on both edges of a flat rim with some dark painted stripes highlighting negative space on top of the rim, and dark painted band with white vertical zig-zags as a second layer of paint (M12+M26)

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Parallel stripes on top of flat rim, and other (M19+M22)

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Parallel stripes on top of flat rim, and dark painted band with white vertical zig-zags as a second layer of paint (M19+M26)