National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Small Bowl 
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Pottery
Site: Caesarea
Height: 4.5 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Description: A small bowl with flaring rim and disk-shaped base. The bowl is made of light yellowish-green clay with signs of straw on its surface. It is decorated with wide, brush painted strips of green glaze and dark brown blobs. The design covers the whole interior surface of the bowl. This type of bowls with glazed decoration decoration is typical to the Early Islamic period during the ninth-tenth century.
Bibliography:
Ben-tor, A. Avissar, M. and Portugali, Y. 1996. Yoqne'am I the Late Periods. QEDEMR 3: 77, Fig. XIII.2 Type 2.
Arnon, Y.D. 2008. Caesarea Maritima, the Late Periods (700-1291 CE).. Oxford, 40, p. 181.
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