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Part 9West Asian pottery collected by the Tokyo University
Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition

byYui Arimatsu, Hiroko Mikuni, Yayoi Ogawa and Yoshihiro Nishiaki

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West Asian pottery collected by the Tokyo University
Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition
Yoshihiro Nishiaki
The University Museum
The University of Tokyo
The recent volumes of the catalogues of the collection of the Department of West AsianArchaeology have featured the ancient pottery excavated by the Tokyo University Iraq­
Iran Archaeological Expedition in north Iraq (Part 5) and southwest and northwest Iran(Parts 6 and 7. respectively). This volume (Part 9) presents a collection of the complete
and nearly complete pottery. which was either purchased or surface-collected in Western
Asia by the members of the expedition. The collection was gathered during a relatively
short period between 1956 and 1965. when the expedition members had conducted extensive
general surveys nearly all over the Middle East along with excavations in Iraq and Iran.
The main aim of these surveys. headed by Professor Namio Egami. was to obtain as muchscientific material and information as possible in order to develop the West Asianarchaeology in Japan. which was then in its infancy. With the most generous courtesy of thehost countries. the expedition-the first substantial Japanese archaeological expedition tothe region-indeed.successfully built up the largest West Asian archaeological collection inJapan. including the pottery materials that have been compiled in this volume.
The current pottery collection consists of five major groups. The largest one is derived
from various areas and sites in Iran. apparently purchased in Tehran between 1956 and1965. It mainly consists of material from the Bronze to the Iron Age, as well as a smaller
amount of material from the earlier and the later ages. The second group represents Iron
Age materials that were collected from the Dailaman district in northern Iran. This region
encompasses the research field where the expedition conducted excavations and surveys ofIron Age graveyards in 1961 and 1964. The third group of the present collection also
includes specimens obtained during the field surveys of 1956 and 1959 in the Marv Dasht
plain. in southwest Iran. The fourth group consists of a small amount of ancient pottery
from the Mesopotamian region. obtained either from the markets in Beirut or from the 1957
and 1965 seasons' surface surveys in Iraq and Syria. Finally. the materials without proper
provenance information comprise the rest of the present collection. These pottery
specimens. many of which can be dated through typological studies ( Figs. 1 and 2). serve
one of the rare reference collections for West Asian archaeology in Ja pan. as well as avaluable source for future exhibitions. education. and research.

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Fig. 1 Map showing the Iranian sites and major provinces mentioned in this catalogue.
1. Buya, 2. Omam. 3. Kandesar. 4. Siak. 5. Arushaki. 6. Ghalekuti I. 7. Tomadjan. 8.
lsmailabad. 9. Tepe Giyan. 10. Susa. 11. Tape Suruvan. 12. Persepolis. 13. TapeShoga. 14. Tall-i Mushki-8-

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PeriodDate

DailamanKandesar
Omam
BuyaNornz Mahale
SiakParthia

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Achcmenid(Iron Age IV)

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Iron Age Ill.... . ..

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South IranWest IranOthers

Persepolis
Tape Suruvan

Ghalekuti I.... . ............

Iron Age II·--····························

Iron Age II

TomadjanGhalekuti Il

2000Bronze Age

Tape Shoga-.
Tepe Giyan (Ill)

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4000-

Calcolithic

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6000-

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Neolithic

BC'MushkiFig. 2 Provisional chronology of the Iranian sites that yielded pottery described in thiscatalogue.

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