Plate and cup

c. 5500–4000 BC · Prehistory & early cultures

Plate and cup, from prehistoric Mesopotamia, dated c. 5500–4000 BC. It was found at Eridu. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 5500–4000 BC

Civilization

Prehistory & early cultures

Found at

Eridu

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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