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  • Jug with frieze of finger indents (oblique)
  • Jug with frieze of finger indents (oblique)
  • Jug with frieze of finger indents (oblique)
  • Jug with frieze of finger indents (oblique)
  • Jug with frieze of finger indents (oblique)
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    Associated place
    Asia › Iraq › Nineveh (place of excavation)
    Asia › Iraq (possible place of creation)
    Asia › Syria (possible place of creation)
    Date
    12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
    Material and technique
    earthenware, unglazed, with incised decoration
    Dimensions
    15.2 cm (height)
    10.7 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware
    Technique index
    marked › incised,
    decorated › incised
    Object type index
    container › vessel › jug
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Acquired following R. Campbell Thompson's excavations at Nineveh on behalf of the British Museum, 1932.
    Accession no.
    EA1932.1082

Glossary

earthenware

  • earthenware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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