Ca. 2000 BC A one-handled pottery cup with a squat lower body tapering to a neck and then flaring again to a circular rim. The entire surface is covered with a beige slip, with a brown-painted decoration around the mid and upper body consisting of deers and linear motifs. Tepe Giyan is an archaeological site in the highlands of the central Zāgros Mountains in Hamadan Province, Iran. The hill lies within the village of Giyan about 10 km southeast of Nehawand. The hill is 350 m long in diameter and 19m high. The first excavations of Tepe Giyan occurred in 1931-1932 sponsored by Musees Nationaux and the Ecole du Louvre under the directorship of George Contenau and Roman Ghirshman. For a similar decoration see The Louvre Museum, Main number: AO 26756.Size: L:120mm / W:110mm ; 445gProvenance: Property of a London Art gallery; acquired on the UK art market pre 1990s.