IAA Number: 1961-845
| Object's Name: Bowl Period: Early Islamic Material: Pottery Site: Caesarea Height: 9 cm Diameter: 29.5 cm Description: Part of a bowl with slanting walls, splayed rim and a ring-shaped
base, made of light orange-colored clay. The bowl is decorated on the
inside with stripes in dark green, on a white background. The bowl is
ascribed to the Fayyumi group from Egypt dated to the 10th-11th
centuries. The bowl was broken during use and repaired by drilling
through the sherds and joining with a metal wire. Bibliography: Arnon, Yael D. 2008. Caesarea Maritima, the Late Periods (700-1291 CE). Oxford, 42, 232e.
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