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Fragment

800-900
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment, light brown earthenware, relief moulded with Arabic inscription, glazed in green and yellow-orange


Object details

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Object type
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This object consists of 2 parts.

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Brief description
Fragment from a condiment dish, earthenware, relief moulded with Arabic inscription, green and yellow, Egypt, 800-900.
Physical description
Fragment, light brown earthenware, relief moulded with Arabic inscription, glazed in green and yellow-orange
Style
Credit line
Given on behalf of the Archaelogical Expedition to North Syria by Sir Leonard Woolley.
Object history
From excavations at Al-Mina, near Antioch.
Production
Found in Al-Mina
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur, 'Medieval finds from Al Mina', Archaeologia, LXXXVII (1938): Pl.XVIII.1D inscription drawn Fig.15B. Lane, Arthur, Glazed relief ware of the ninth century A.D. ARS ISLAMICA, VI, 56, 1939, Fig. 2C.
Collection
Accession number
C.321-1937

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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