Sherds
Unknown Artist
ca. 1300 BCE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
5.04 in. (12.8 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Vessels
Culture & Period
Mitanni · Mitanni
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Colt Archaeological Institute Inc. Gift, 1988
Accession Number
1988.323.3a, b
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Ancient Near Eastern Art gallery, where we encounter *Sherds*, fragile yet evocative ceramic fragments from the Mitanni culture, dating to around 1300 BCE These pieces, measuring just 5.04 inches (12.8 cm), are remnants of vessels crafted during the height of the Mitanni kingdom powerful Hurrian-speaking realm in northern Mesopotamia and Syria that flourished from about 1500 to 1300 BCE. through a generous gift from the Colt Archaeological Institute in 1988, they now reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mitanni pottery like these sherds offers a window into Bronze Age dail...