#halaf

Mother Goddess, 5200-4400 BCE, Syria

Clay Goddess, Tel Halaf, North Mesopotamia, 5th millenium B.C.E.

Halaf style vessel Mesopotamia (Iraq), ca. 5600-5200 BCE

Halaf style pottery with animal designs from Arpachiyah and Chagar Bazar

Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Syria), ca. 5600-5200 BCE)

Halaf period ceramics from Arpachiyah and Chagar Bazar, modern-day Iraq and Syria

Ca. 6000-5200 BCE

The Halaf period was the first time that a shared cultural tradition spread across all of northern Mesopotamia. Potters of the Halaf period produced some of the finest handmade pottery known from the ancient world. Halaf vessels are fired at high temperatures and painted with detailed patterns.

Female Figurine by Margaret Via Flickr: Late Halaf Period, late 5th Millennium BCE.