National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Bowl 
Period: Crusader
Material: Pottery
Site: Arshaf, T.
Description: Bowl made of coarse and sandy beige-colored clay. The bowl is hemispherical in shape with a thickened inward -sloping rim and a low ring base. The bowl belongs to the group of Proto-Maiolica ware. It is decorated with a central medallion with a cross-hatched pattern and dots within them. The bowl was produced in Apulia and dated to the second half of the thirteenth century.
Bibliography:
Ziffer, I. and Tal, O. 2011. The Last Supper at Apollonia. The final days of the Crusader castle in Herzliya. Tel-Aviv, 123, 58-59, 35, 7.
Avissar,M. Stern, E.J. 2005. Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods in Israel. IAAR 26: 63-66, Fig.26 Type I.9.





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