Fragment
1188-1268
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Bowl fragment, pinkish-buff earthenware, of shallow form with straight outward flaring rim terminating in a rounded lip, exterior with carinated rib. The front is covered with white slip, which has been incised in the well with a stylized foliate scroll device and around the rim with a foliate chevron band within concentric line bands. Details are splashed in copper-green and antimony- or lead-yellowish-brown pigment. Covered in a clear glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with incised decoration (Coloured Sgraffito Ware). |
| Brief description | Bowl fragment, earthenware, slip-covered and incised with foliate design, with splashes of green and yellow under the glaze. North Syria, Port Saint Symeon (Al-Mina), near Antioch, 1188-1268. |
| Physical description | Bowl fragment, pinkish-buff earthenware, of shallow form with straight outward flaring rim terminating in a rounded lip, exterior with carinated rib. The front is covered with white slip, which has been incised in the well with a stylized foliate scroll device and around the rim with a foliate chevron band within concentric line bands. Details are splashed in copper-green and antimony- or lead-yellowish-brown pigment. Covered in a clear glaze. |
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| 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 on the Crusaders' site of Port Saint Symeon (Al Mina), near Antioch. |
| Bibliographic reference | Redford, Scott N. and Blackman, M. James, "Neutron Activation Analysis of Medieval Ceramics from Kinet, Turkey, especially Port Saint Symeon Ware." Ancient Near Eastern Studies 42 (2005) pp. 83-186, Group II-OO, p. 142, Figure 27. |
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| Accession number | C.301-1937 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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