Ostracon

Rim Sherd

29-140-27

From: Egypt | Fostat

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-140-27
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Fostat
Date Made 700-1299 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Description

Glazed ceramic. (See card for drawing.)

Red clay with green glaze. Black glaze used for calligraphic script. Brownish green glaze used also for emphasis.

Credit Line Purchased from Musee Arabe, Cairo; subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1919

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