Vessel Stamp

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Object Name: 
Vessel Stamp
Place Made: 
Egypt
Accession Number: 
96.1.4
Dimensions: 
Stamp Diam: 2.6 cm, Th: 0.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
700-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Deep green, transparent; blown, applied and stamped. Stamp attached to fragment of vessel. Vessel: rim tubular, made by folding in and down; upper wall probably straight, with bulb on inside. Stamp, roughly circular, applied to outside of rim and top of wall; in slightly sunken subcircular area, three lines of Arabic written in kufic script, in low relief; parts of second and third lines obliterated by pitting.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Deep green, transparent
deep green
Technique: 
blown, applied and stamped
Inscription: 
1469
mark
: 
Painted on back in yellow

Publications (1)

Title Unknown (Sculpture) (1996) cover;