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pot
Object Type
pot
Museum number
1924,0416.231
Description
Fragment from base of Brittle Ware pottery cooking pot; wheel-thrown. Burn marks on exterior.
Cultures/periods
Early Islamic
Production date
9thC-11thc
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Prof Ernst Herzfeld
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Qasr al-Ashiq
, Precise location not indicated, most probably so-called serdab 2.
Materials
pottery
Ware
Brittle Ware
Technique
wheel-thrown
Dimensions
Thickness:
0.35 - 0.55 centimetres
Length:
8.50 centimetres
Width:
7.30 centimetres
Curator's comments
Sherds with Registration Numbers 1924,0416.226 to 233 are all from the same cooking pot.
Bibliographic references
Sarre 1925 / Die Keramik von Samarra im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Forschungen zur islamischen Kunst
(p.21, fig.65)
Herzfeld Sketchbook III / Excavation of Samarra' (Iraq): Finds, Sketchbook III
(p.29)
Northedge 1996 / Friedrich Sarre's Die Kermik von Samarra in perspective
(p.256, no.82)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; incomplete.
Acquisition date
1921
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1924,0416.231
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
I.-N.419
(Herzfeld find number)
Joined objects
Potential Join Group:
G14858
(8 objects)