vessel fragment / Ceramic

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Object Identifier
1971.01.0021
Object Name
vessel fragment
Object Type
Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Weight
35g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
yes
Full Artifact Description
Water filter with pseudo-Arabic inscription. This filter features a cartouche filled with Arabic letters, set against a diamond within a circle patterned with waves. Clay (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Subjects
Pseudo-Kufic script
Earliest Date
900
Latest Date
999
Verbatim Date
10th C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World
Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator
Soucek, Priscilla Parsons
Allen, Marti Lu
Dix, T. Keith
Talalay, Lauren
Gruber, Christiane
Exhibition Year
2010
Publication Title
Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
Publication Author
Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
Soucek, P.
Publication Year
2014
1978
Class Title
Global Scholars Leadership Retreat
Art of the Islamic World (F2018)
Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
Student Program from MES (W2020)
Visual Culture Islam (F2022)
Class Instructor
Shah, Nita
Wiseman, Ashley
Crasnow, Sascha
Gruber, Christiane
Wollenberg, Rebecca
Hussein, Mostafa
Göloğlu, Sabiha
Class Department
RCHUMS
HISTART
MIDEAST
Class Number
334.006
490.001
285
Class Year
2016
2018
2020
2022
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Ceramic

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1971.01.0021
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0021/dsc_3542.jpg

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"vessel fragment; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0021/dsc_3542.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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