IAA Number: 2009-1676
| Object's Name: Goblet Period: Crusader,Ayyubid Material: Glass Site: Arshaf, T. Description: Beaker with flat base, high walls and splayed rim. It is decorated
with a band painted in gold with red outlines on a blue enamel
background. The decoration consists of a band with fleur-de lis
patterns and several figures of fishes below. The beaker was restored
from 14 sherds. It was found at Apolonia and was probably imported
either from Rakka, Aleppo or Damascus, even though Acre and Antioch
are also mentioned in historical sources as production centers for
glass. Bibliography: Ziffer, I and Tal, O. 2011. The Last Supper at Apollonia. The Final Days of the Crusader Castle in Herzliya. Israel, 68, 43.
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