Fragment of a jug with human figure in a roundel

Details

• Title

  Fragment of a jug with human figure in a roundel

• 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 moulded and incised decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  formed › moulded

• Object type

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  6.5 x 5.8 cm max. (height x width)

• 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.

  EA1932.999.d

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