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Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity'
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity'
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity'
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity'
Editorial Opening Night of 23rd Annual Screamfest Kicks Off with Premiere of 'Divinity'
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial 23rd Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival - Opening Night - Los Angeles Premiere Of Sumerian Films 'Divinity', Tcl Chinese Theatre Imax, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 10 Oct 2023
Editorial Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars.
Editorial Woman's Head.
Editorial Mesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
Editorial Codex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of laws ever put into writing. From the original 292 laws, only paragraphs 147-179 were generally used in law courts. Sumerian terracotta tablet 14.5 x 10 x 13.3 cm.
Editorial Mace, dedicated to Gilgamesh, hero of the Akkadian epos. period of Ur III, Neo-Sumerian, 2150-2004 Polished stone, H: 5,4 cm AO 3761.
Editorial The demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit. An inscription says: " I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains... " This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was suppose...
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: student exercise tablet, Old Babylonian, ca. 20th?16th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian, Clay, 7.6 x 2.9 cm (3 x 1 1/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, This lenticular clay tablet was used to help scribes learn to write the Sumerian...
Editorial Statuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
Editorial Votive cudgel, decorated with an animal-drawn chariot. Sumerian pre-Sargonic, from Luristan, 2500-2400 BCE. Period of Archaic Dynasties. Bronze, L: 13,4 cm AO 24 792.
Editorial A funerary ensemble from the tomb of Puabi, a Sumerian queen who lived around 2500 B.C., in “She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, Nov. 7, 2022. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
Editorial Early Dynastic III Period (2600-2350 BC). Mesopotamia. Stele of Vultures, c. 2450 BC. Fragment of the victory stele of Eannatum, king of Lagash, over Umma. Detail. Sumerian phalanx formation. Fragment discovered among the remains of the ancient Sumeria...
Editorial Inlay: dancing man, Early Dynastic III, ca. 2600?2350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.81 x 0.94 x 0.24 in. (4.6 x 2.39 x 0.61 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This curved plaque cut from a piece of shell is decorated with the incised image of a bare...
Editorial The demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit. An inscription says: " I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains... " This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was suppose...
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars.
Editorial The tube is cylindrical in shape and consists of a thickened foot, a straight piece of tube and a thickened piece with a curled top piece. The two thickened parts of the tube are decorated with horizontal grooves. What exactly represents the decorated ...
Editorial Gypsum print of a Sumerian cylinder seal of dark green stone with different representations: two men who kill a lion, a lion who kills a ram and two groups of two animals on top of each other., Print, cylinder seal, plaster, 4 , 9 x 11.5 x 0.7 cm, Iraq.
Editorial A clay tablet described in Sumerian, with the second half of the epic story, also called Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest. It describes how the hero and his friend Enkidu on their journey to the west, with the aim of making a name, neutralize and kill th...
Editorial A clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription. It is the beginning of a hymn to King Hammurabi of Babylon (1792-1750 BC). In this Sumerian hymn, Hammurabi sings his own praise. He praises himself as a mighty warrior, good governor and just judge: the drag...
Editorial Print of clay from a Sumerian cylinder stamp of dark green stone with different representations: two men who kill a lion, a lion who kills a ram and two groups of two animals on top of each other., Print, cylinder seal, pottery , clay, 4.1 x 5.8 x 0.9 ...
Editorial Ancient Near East, imprint, cylinder seal, plaster, 2.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 cm, Sumerian.
Editorial Ancient Near East, figurine, earthenware, 7.1 x 6.2 cm, Sumerian Period.
Editorial Spindle whorl, Sumerian, Early Dynastic I-II, Date ca. 29002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Ceramic, 0.55 in. (1.4 cm), Ceramics-Implements.
Editorial Cup, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gabbro, 4.41 in. (11.2 cm), Stone-Vessels.
Editorial Hair ribbons, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, W. 5/16 x L. 11 1/2 in. (0.8 x 29.2 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments.
Editorial Necklace, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.), Stone-Ornaments.
Editorial Inlay, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.61 x 1.38 in. (4.09 x 3.51 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Cylinder seal, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Lapis lazuli, 0.98 in. (2.49 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
Editorial Pendant, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 0.51 x 1.18 in. (1.3 x 3 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Female head, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm), Stone-Sculpture.
Editorial Cow amulet, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 0.67 x 1.22 in. (1.7 x 3.1 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Fruit stand, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Ceramic, 11.77 in. (29.9 cm), Ceramics-Vessels.
Editorial Hair ribbon, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, 0.31 x 11.5 in. (0.79 x 29.21 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: receipt of lambs, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2041 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 3 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (1 1/8 x 1 x 1/2 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, Neo-Sumerian, Date ca. 2090 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, Top: 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in.), End: 8.8 cm (3 1/2 in.), 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.), Total: 8.6 cm (...
Editorial Cylinder seal, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 21122004 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Hematite, 0.65 in. (1.65 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
Editorial Seated female figure, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II-IIIa, Date ca. 27002500 B.C., Southern Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, 2.3 x 1.67 in. (5.84 x 4.24 cm), Stone-Sculpture.
Editorial Ring, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Silver, 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments.
Editorial Inlay, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 0.98 x 1.22 in. (2.49 x 3.1 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Foundation peg, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Bronze, 3.23 x 2.64 in. (8.2 x 6.71 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: receipt of cattle, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2041 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 8.2 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm (3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Demon-headed amulet, Sumerian, Early Dynastic I, Date ca. 29002700 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Agate, 0.75 in. (1.91 cm), Stone-Ornaments.
Editorial Cylinder seal and modern impression, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Lapis lazuli, 0.68 in. (1.73 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: balanced account of Shu-ili, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2040 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 6.9 x 4.2 x 2 cm (2 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cylinder seal, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Marble, 1.12 in. (2.84 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
Editorial Inlay, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.81 x 3.19 in. (4.6 x 8.1 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: account of expenditures, record of deliveries of animals for the festival of sowing seed, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2043 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 11.6 x 6.9 x 2.7 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/4 x ...
Editorial Amulet, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Limestone (?), 0.59 x 0.24 x 0.91 in. (1.5 x 0.61 x 2.31 cm), Stone-Ornaments.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: receipt of glue, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2049 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 3.7 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm (1 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribe...
Editorial Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: deliveries of oxen, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2040 B.C., Mesopotamia, Umma (modern Jokha) (?), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 5.3 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions.
Editorial Conical beaker with relief decoration of bovines and birds of prey, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Copper, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Metalwork-Vessels.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: record of oxen disbursements, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2052 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 7.1 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Human-headed bison, Neo-Sumerian, Neo-Sumerian, Date ca. 2080 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello), Neo-Sumerian, Serpentine (lizardite), 4.53 x 4.53 in. (11.51 x 11.51 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: balanced account of barley, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2029 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Lagash (modern al Hiba), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 11.6 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscr...
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: record of rations of beer, bread, oil, and onions for messengers, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2028 B.C., Mesopotamia, Umma (modern Jokha), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (3 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: balanced account of Dugga, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2039 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 10.3 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm (4 x 2 1/8 x 1 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cow amulet, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 0.43 x 0.94 in. (1.09 x 2.39 cm), Shell-Ornaments.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: shipment of barley, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2029 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Umma (modern Jokha), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 4.9 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal I...
Editorial Ur-Namma cadastre, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 21122095 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Diorite, 7 in. (17.78 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed.
Editorial Relief plaque with a banquet scene, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, 11 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (28.3 x 18.5 x 7.4 cm), Stone-Reliefs.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: record of the account of Bamu, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2048 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 3.7 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm (1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Statue fragment, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 21122004 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Marble, black, 6 in. (15.24 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: genre uncertain, Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, Date ca. 26002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Clay, 4.4 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Adze head (?), Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Quartz or jasper, 0.67 x 1.5 x 2.01 in. (1.7 x 3.81 x 5.11 cm), Stone-Implements.
Editorial Furniture element: ram with bitumen-lined socket, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, bitumen, 2.2 x 1.5 x 3.78 in. (5.59 x 3.81 x 9.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: receipt of an ox and lambs, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2041 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 2.9 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: receipt of cattle, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2043 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 3.2 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: receipt of a goat, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2044 B.C., Mesopotamia, Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 3.6 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, Neo-Sumerian, Date ca. 2090 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, Head: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm), Top: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), End: 4 3/8 in. (11 cm), Body: 2 3/8 ...
Editorial Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, Neo-Sumerian, Date ca. 2090 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, Head not preserved. Top: 6 in. (15.3 cm), End: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Length: 3 in. (7.5 c...
Editorial Shallow bowl, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Limestone, 1.69 in. (4.29 cm), Stone-Vessels.
Editorial Cow amulet, Sumerian, Early Dynastic II, Date ca. 27002600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Quartzite (?), 0.39 x 1.57 x 0.51 in. (0.99 x 3.99 x 1.3 cm), Stone-Ornaments.
Editorial Vessel, Sumerian, Early Dynastic I, Date ca. 29002700 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Alabaster, 3 in. (7.62 cm), Stone-Vessels.
Editorial Cylinder seal, Akkadian or Neo-Sumerian, late AkkadianUr III, Date ca. 22502000 B.C., Mesopotamia, Akkadian or Neo-Sumerian, Chlorite, 0.81 in. (2.06 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
Editorial Cuneiform tablet: animal account, Neo-Sumerian, Ur III, Date ca. 2042 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan), Neo-Sumerian, Clay, 1.65 x 1.34 x .65 in. (4.2 x 3.4 x 1.65 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
Editorial Cup, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Ceramic, 4.49 in. (11.4 cm), Ceramics-Vessels.