13709 | 1928,1010.880

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised ¹
Technique:	Manufacture >> Wheel-made/Wheel-Thrown ¹

Description (Catalog Card):	Offering-table. Drab clay. Fragments of with incised decoration. The design is remarkable. Round the base, incised chevrons and cross-hatched triangles. The stem has two long vertical slots on each side of which are the door-symbols: on one side is a tree flanked by the dotted triangle of the female organ: on the other side is a tree on one side of which is a house(?) either built on piles or with the lower part of its walls of channelled masonry. Field note says much smashed. No drawing. [drawing]²
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PFT. Sq. C4 in 1st Dyn rubbish pit.
Material (Catalog Card):	Clay³

U Number:	13709
Museum:	British Museum
Object Type:	Furniture >> Offering Tables
Season Number:	08: 1929-1930
Culture/Period:	Early Dynastic / Sumerian >> EDI-II ¹
Object Type:	Vessels/Containers >> Open Forms >> Cups ¹
Season Number:	06: 1927-1928
Description (Modern):	Pottery stemmed dish with incised decoration on sides, including an incised square with a smaller square attached to the top centre, and a fringe of vertical lines below; two circular apertures in stem; two holes in base; incomplete; partially repaired from fragments; one separate piece.¹
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay
Museum Number (BM Big Number):	128551
Museum Number (BM Registration Number):	1928,1010.880
Measurement (Height):	405¹
Measurement (Diameter):	300¹ Rim
Measurement (Diameter):	104¹ stem
Fabric:	fine pale yellow clay¹