Circa 900-800 BC, Neo-Elamite The beaker is slender and cylindrical in shape with gently tapering concave sides and a tapering base that terminates in a "nipple". A central knob on the bottom surrounded by twelve petals of a rosette. It is because of this knob that Muscarella (1988, p. 245) suggested to call objects like this a "nipple beaker", instead of situla, as has been (and still is) customary. For decorated beakers and the discussions concerning these, see: Muscarella (1988), pl46. The Metropolitian Museum of Fine Art; accession number: 1971.129. Simone Bourlard-Collin - Christopher Leon (éditeurs), Arts de l'ancien Iran (Marseille, Musée Borély, 1975), p. 50, no. 155. Oscar White Muscarella, Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1988), p. 244-248. Size: L:150mm / W:65mm; 115g Provenance: Private London collection ( B.A); formerly acquired in the 1970s from John Lees collection.