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Jars with handles in the form of a crude human figure, with prominent breasts and a large pubic triangle, were common in graves of the Early Dynastic III period at Kish. They are called "goddess-handled jars," but the identity of the figure(s) they represent and their purpose within the graves remains a mystery. A complete goddess-handled jar is shown in figures 11 and 42.
Kish East, Ingharra, Mound A, Burial A93. Baked clay. Early Dynastic Period. Field Museum 231584.

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The Field Museum, 'Funding', The Field Museum's Kish Database Project, 2004-09, The Field Museum, 2025 [http://oracc.org/kish/fieldmus/Funding/]