Jug with frieze of finger indents

Details

• Title

  Jug with frieze of finger indents

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nineveh (place of excavation)

  Asia › Syria (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, unglazed, with incised decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  marked › incised

• Object type

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  15.2 cm (height)
  10.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by R. Campbell Thompson, from British Museum excavations 1929-1930, 1932.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1932.1082

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