National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Bowl 
Period: Crusader
Material: Pottery
Site: Arshaf, T.
Description: Bowl made of coarse and sandy beige-colored clay. The bowl is hemispherical in shape with a thickened inward sloping rim and a low ring base. The bowl belongs to the Proto-Maiolica group. It is decorated with a central figure of a fish with black outlines resembling fins.The rim is decorated with an arch-shaped pattern. From the inside, on the base is incised a pattern of a pentagram. The bowl is dated to the 13th century. About a third is missing.For further details about the Proto-Maioloca group see No. 2011-457.
Bibliography:
Ziffer, I. and Tal, O. 2011. The Last Supper at Apollonia. The Final Days of the Crusader Castle in Herzliya.. Tel-Aviv, 123, 7.
Avissar, M. and Stern, E.J. 2005. Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods in Israel.. IAAR 26: 63-69, Pl. XX.





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