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Storage jar decorated with mountain goats
#MetKids Fun Fact: The potter's wheel was invented in the ancient Near East. Archaeologists find more pottery in ancient city ruins than any other type of art. | Storage jar decorated with mountain goats, ca. 3800–3700 B.C. Central Iran. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1959 (59.52)