Urartian art

Jun 4, 2015
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Vessel-Askos Teishebaini (Karmir Blur-Yerevan) 8th-7th century BC glazed pottery

Geometric vessels figure into Armenia’s history at least to the 5th millennium BC, and reached a height of artistic achievement at Shengavit around 4000-3500 BC. The patterns are reminiscent of later works discovered at Mycanaean and Minoan excavations in the Mediterranean.

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