[[File:Khabur ware - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07015.JPG|thumb|right|Khabur ware in the University of Chicago Oriental Institute]]
'''Khabur ware''' is a specific type of pottery named after the Khabur River region, in northeastern Syria, where large quantities of it were found by the archaeologist Max Mallowan at the site of Chagar Bazar. The pottery's distribution is not confined to the Khabur region, but spreads across northern Iraq and is also found at a few sites in Turkey and Iran.<ref name="Brit">{{Cite journal | title = Pottery "Khabur Ware" jar | journal = Journal of Open Archaeology Data | volume = 1 | pages = e8 | url = https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/p/pottery_khabur_ware_jar.aspx | doi = 10.5334/4f8d6ed49bd54 | access-date =18 Feb 2011 | year = 2012 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="Palmisano2012">{{Cite journal|last=Palmisano|first=Alessio|year=2012|title=Diachronic and Spatial Distribution of Khabur Ware in the Early Second Millennium BC|journal=Journal of Open Archaeology Data|volume=1|issue=2|pages=e8|doi=10.5334/4f8d6ed49bd54|doi-access=free}} {{cc-notice|by3}}</ref>
Archaeologists believe Shamshi-Adad I used Khabur ware.<ref name="Akk">{{Cite book| last2 = Schwartz | first2 = Glenn M. | last = Akkermans | first = Peter M. M. G.| title = The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c. 16,000–300 BC)| publisher = Cambridge University Press| year = 2003 | page = 309| isbn = 978-0-521-79666-8 }}</ref>
==Overview==
===History=== Four main Khabur ware phases are established, 1–4. While the starting date for phase 1 is inconclusive, a tentative date of ca. 1900 BC is suggested based on evidence from Tell Brak. The beginning of the second, and the main, phase of Khabur ware is dated to the reign of Shamshi-Adad I (ca. 1813 BC), based on evidence from Chagar Bazar, Tell al-Rimah, Tell Taya and Tell Leilan.<ref name="Oguchi1997">{{Cite journal|last=Oguchi |first=Hiromichi |title=A Reassessment of the Distribution of Khabur Ware: An Approach from an Aspect of Its Main Phase |journal=Al-Rafidan |volume=18 |pages=195–224 |year=1997 |url=http://libw01.kokushikan.ac.jp/data/003168/0000/registfile/0285_4406_018_17.pdf |access-date=17 Feb 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722072025/http://libw01.kokushikan.ac.jp/data/003168/0000/registfile/0285_4406_018_17.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22}}</ref> The third phase of Khabur ware is dated to ca. 1750, and lasts until ca. 1550. The fourth and last phase, is a period shared between Khabur ware and Nuzi ware, and ends with its disappearance ca. 1400 BC.<ref name="Oguchi2006">{{Cite journal |last=Oguchi |first=Hiromichi |title=The Date of The Beginning of Khabur Ware Period 3: Evidence from the Palace of Qarni-Lim at Tell Leilan |journal=Al-Rafidan |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=45–59 |year=2006 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/231054546.pdf }}</ref>
===Designs=== The pottery is wheel-made and decorated with monochrome designs in red, brown or black. The designs found on the pottery are combinations of simple motifs, usually geometric with horizontal bands, triangles and others.<ref name="Brit"/> Nuzi ware shares similarities.<ref name="Akk"/>
== Gallery ==
<gallery> File:Khabur ware jar - Tell Brak.jpg|Khabur ware jar from Tell Brak. British Museum. File:Khabur ware jars - Chagar Bazar 1.jpg|Two Khabur ware jars from Chagar Bazar. British Museum. File:Khabur ware jar - Chagar Bazar.jpg|Khabur ware jar from Chagar Bazar. British Museum. </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
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