 IAA Number: 2005-1681
 | Object's Name: Base Chalice Inscribed, Arabic
Period: Mamluk
Material: Bronze
Site: `En Gedi
Description: Base of a bowl with a rounded and thickened rim from which rose a
hollow socket supporting a hemispherical bowl. The base is decorated
with an inscribed band and (four?) intermitent medallions.
The inscription in Nashi script reads; "[A]hmad son of his High
Excellency..." . Dated to the 14th century.
Bibliography: Lester, A. The Bowl from Ein Gedi 2007. In: Hirschfeld, Y. Ein-Gedi Excavations II Final Report (1996-2002). Jerusalem, 617-618, Figs. 1-2.
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