Jug ca. 1050-800 B.C. Iran This large pitcher has a biconical body with a flat base and a high neck. The two conical halves of the pitcher form a sharp ridge where the meet at the middle of the body. A thick handle connects the rim to the body; opposite it a pointed spout rises from the pitchers shoulder. The spout is attached to the rim by a small bridge, and both the bridge and the handle have raised lumps, perhaps in imitation of metal rivers, where they join the rim. Five incised lines decorate the upper part of the body. The pitcher is made of burnished grey clay. It was made on a potters wheel in two pieces, with the spout and handle added later.This pitcher closely resembles examples excavated at Hasanlu a large settlement site in northwestern Iran, and this pitcher probably comes from this same region. During the Iron Age Hasanlu was one of the largest and most powerful towns in Iran, and probably controlled much of the Ushnu-Solduz valley until its destruction ca. 800 B.C. b