IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72656 accession number: C.18.7-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments, body tone ranging from reddish to dark brown, coated with cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the patterns enhanced with areas of brown glaze A: Shape: Footring base and section of a convex lower body Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. On the base two roughly incised concentric circles frame a tripartite pattern enhanced with brown glaze. The body bears the lower part of a group of incised lettering, with a splash of brown glaze to the left. Exterior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, speckled with many small brown dots, running onto the footring. The exterior of the footring is unglazed. B: Shape: Triangular fragment of a carinated conical bowl with straight sloping sides. Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. On the upper body two incised double lines frame a frieze of double outlined patterns or pseudo lettering on a ground of spiralling lines. Two double concentric lines incised on the lower body frame part of a similar pattern. Exterior: Yellow glaze applied thinly over a cream slip without decoration, the body bearing pronounced rill marks from throwing. C: Shape: Fragment of a carinated conical bowl with straight sloping sides. Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. Two double concentric lines incised around the base frame a pattern on a ground of spiralling lines. On the upper body two incised double lines frame a frieze of repeated scrolling split palmettes on a ground of spirals. Exterior: Thin layer of yellow glaze applied directly to the body without a slip, undecorated D: Shape: Quadrilateral fragment of rim and upper body of a straight-sided bowl with collared neck. Interior: Yellow glaze applied directly to the body without slip, undecorated Exterior: Yellow glaze over a white slip, with glaze pooled on rim, slip absent on neck. Below, a band of incised double lines frame the top of a pattern of lettering and decorative elements carved in relief, on a ground of spirals. object type: Four earthenware fragments, all with a cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, B and C enhanced with areas of brown 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/72656 TECHNIQUES ---------- Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments, body tone ranging from reddish to dark brown, coated with cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the patterns enhanced with areas of brown 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 -------- Archaeological Excavations at Kom-el-Dik. A Preliminary Report on the Medieval Pottery Renaissance of Islam. Art of the Mamluks Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods in Israel Ceramic Evidence for Political Transformations in Early Mamluk Egypt --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_18_7_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_7_1948.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_18_7_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_7_1948.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels