THREE EARLY NEOLITHIC STONE VESSELS FROM THE MARDIN MUSEUM

Three Neolithic stone vessels from the Mardin Museum in southeast Turkey are presented in this study. Unfortunately, there is no information about the find location and context, but comparanda indicates that the vessels may have been found in graves located in the region of Diyarbak？r, Batman/Siirt, and Mardin. The stone vessels are decorated with incised geometric and figurative motifs. Comparison of the museum vessels with excavated material from K？rtik Tepe, Hallan ？emi, and Hasankeyf H？yük indicate that the vessels should be dated to the Pre-pottery Neolithic period