CAPTIONOvoid Bottle, ca. 3800–3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.352_bw.jpg)
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group, 07.447.352_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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