IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72654 accession number: C.18.5-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 21 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with reddish body tones, coated with cream slip, incised, and enhanced with dark and light brown underglaze pigments under a yellow glaze A: Shape: fragment of a small hemispherical cup, standing on a low straight-sided foot ring Interior: thin yellow glaze over a cream slip, part of an incised design (possibly a blazon) on the base is surrounded by a border of thicker slip creating a relief effect and paler colour under the glaze, and enclosed by an incised band similarly enhanced, the spaces between decorated with a dark brown pigment, the upper body undecorated but for a line of brown pigment around the rim. Exterior: uneven yellow glaze over a thin layer of cream slip, with splashes of green and brown pigments also present B: Shape: fragment of a rim and upper body of a vessel with rounded sides Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, with two incised lines and a scalloped decorative band running under the rim, enhanced with extra slip creating a paler tone under the glaze Exterior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, undecorated C: Shape: fragment of slightly inverted rim and upper body with gently rounded sides Interior: below double incised lines running under the rim, the upper body is covered in the top part of incised calligraphy with circles between the uprights, infilled with dark brown pigment, and an area of curving incised lines and a patch of brown pigment to one side Exterior: yellow slip over a cream glaze, undecorated but for a splash of brown pigment towards the lower body and a faint splash of green at the rim D: Shape: fragment of a vessel with rounded walls Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, a small area of incised lettering and incised circles are visible, both enhanced with extra slip creating a paler tone Exterior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, undecorated object type: Four earthenware fragments, all with a cream slip incised and enhanced with dark and light brown underglaze pigments, under a yellow glaze title: sherd NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Farouk I University, Alexandria LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72654 TECHNIQUES ---------- Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with reddish body tones, coated with cream slip, incised, and enhanced with dark and light brown underglaze pigments under a yellow glaze throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1250 - 1399 creation date earliest: 1250 creation date latest: 1399 culture: 13th Century, Late-14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Ceramics from Islamic Lands Archaeological Excavations at Kom-el-Dik. A Preliminary Report on the Medieval Pottery --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_18_5_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_18_5_1948.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_18_5_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_18_5_1948.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels