Khabur ware

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.

[1][2] Archaeologists associate the pottery with the cuneiform texts dated to the reign of Shamshi-Adad I, although it is not clear how much earlier it was manufactured.

The beginning of the second, and the main, phase of Khabur ware is dated to the reign of Shamshi-Adad I (ca.

The designs found on the pottery are combinations of simple motifs, usually geometric with horizontal bands, triangles and others.