From card: "Flat circular base; full body; small orifice, everted or flaring rim; gray ware; apparently wheel-made; 7 boldly incised lines encircle base of neck." From accession history: MR. RICHARD ETTINGHAUSEN, FREER GALLERY, SUGGESTS (5/9/50) THE VESSEL IS FROM NORTHERN PERSIA, PROBABLY NEAR RUSSO-PERSIAN BORDER, AND IS PRE-ACHAEMENID (I.E., PRE-800 B.C.); IS UNABLE TO ASSIGN IT MORE PRECISELY AT PRESENT.