Show I Freaks and nd Oddities Io In Science News s Five thousand years ago artists in Mesopotamia i were turning out expressionist art and doubtless the thc i public of those days said mitt that art was getting en entirely entirely en- en I too modern modem and peculiar MESOPOTAMIA i Specimens of oC this ancient ex- ex BOASTS art have Just been re- re ANCIENT calved by the University of Penn- Penn ART sylvania museum from its expedition expedition expedition tion which has lias been excavating at Gawra in Mesopotamia mla A cylinder seal bearIng bearIng bear- bear Ing lug th the tho picture of a a. goat is pronounced decidedly cx- cx in style as Is Ie also a a. stamped seal portraying portraying portraying por por- an ibex An exquisitely painted clay chalice shows a more conservative art style le The pottery was made in an early age of at civilization when a comparative state of leisure existed When the people acquired knowledge of using metal they found that the new conveniences and labor aids speeded up their mode of living Hying and the painted clay dishes and ornaments ornaments' gave gRYC place to articles of a more utilitarian nature X More Marc than oo objects from the ex excavations have been jeen sent to the museum the majority of them datIng dating dat- dat Ing ng from the early bronze age A copper frying pan with mth handle complete is Ie a rare exhibit A mold for casting bronze objects is also of ot unusual interest |