Ostracon
Rim Sherd
29-140-621
From: Egypt | Fostat
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-140-621 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Fostat |
| Date Made | 700-1299 CE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Ceramic | Glaze |
| Description | Glazed ceramic. Glaze & incision. (See card for drawing.) Warm brown glaze over reddish clay. Scratched decor including decorative calligraphy over painted in dark reddish brown and cream glaze. Inside of sherd in greenish-yellow glaze. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Musee Arabe, Cairo; subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1919 |
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