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Jug with lid
(إبريق بغطاء)

Title	Jug with lid
Title Original	إبريق بغطاء
Publication Date:	XVI century
Publication Place	- Art History Museum
Subject	Grilled pottery/terracotta
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 20.7 سم ، العرض : 13 سم ، العمق : 13 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	KK_3159
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus22;34;ar
Library Location	Art History Museum
Date	XVI century
Notes	This baked clay pot was probably made of a special clay called terra lemnia. This clay was attributed to anti-toxin powers by ancient doctors such as Dioscorides and Galen. Arabic translations of classic medical books introduced this to the Islamic world, which led to the production of vessels of this substance. Such drinking vessels may have been thought to protect drinkers from poisoning. Because of the fear of death as a result of poisoning, Emperor Rudolf II asked Reinholf Lobenau, the doctor at the Austrian embassy in the Ottoman court, to obtain such vessels for him.
Sample Text	"Jug with Lid" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;34;ar

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Jug with lid

(إبريق بغطاء)

Publication Date XVI century

Publication Place - Art History Museum

Subject Grilled pottery/terracotta

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 20.7 سم ، العرض : 13 سم ، العمق : 13 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID KK_3159

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus22;34;ar

Library Location Art History Museum

Date XVI century

Notes This baked clay pot was probably made of a special clay called terra lemnia. This clay was attributed to anti-toxin powers by ancient doctors such as Dioscorides and Galen. Arabic translations of classic medical books introduced this to the Islamic world, which led to the production of vessels of this substance. Such drinking vessels may have been thought to protect drinkers from poisoning. Because of the fear of death as a result of poisoning, Emperor Rudolf II asked Reinholf Lobenau, the doctor at the Austrian embassy in the Ottoman court, to obtain such vessels for him.

Sample Text "Jug with Lid" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;34;ar