Ceramics and Map

The jar and bottle are typical of the Akkadian period (late 3rd millennium BCE) in Mesopotamia. Neither has any surface decoration, and both are wheelmade.
The map, oriented with north to the left, shows two lines of hills with rivers flowing between them. It was created to show the location of the parcel of land indicated at its center. It comes from the late 3rd millennium BCE and is the earliest known map in existence.