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Ceramic jar
(جرّة خزفية)

Title	Ceramic jar
Title Original	جرّة خزفية
Author	Yahya bin Umayyah.
Author Original	يحيى بن أمية
Publication Date:	2nd century / 8th century
Publication Place	- The National Museum in Damascus
Subject	Mold-made monochromatic glazed pottery.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 0.436م ؛ القطر: 0.434م
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ع 16476
Record ID	object;ISL;sy;Mus01;10;ar
Library Location	The National Museum in Damascus
Date	2nd century / 8th century
Notes	This piece is a large olive green ceramic jar with a spherical belly and a semi-cylindrical neck. The jar has a slightly slanted lip outward and is equipped with three knobs. Each knob is decorated with the shape of a spike resembling a small ivory-yellow jar. The jar was made using a mold, and the place of attachment in the middle of the abdomen and lower neck was artistically camouflaged. The texture of its decoration is interlocking circular shapes, the surface of which is filled with semi-circles resembling scales, in addition to bands decorated with floral and geometric motifs. At the bottom of the neck there is an inscription written in early Kufic script that can be read as follows: “Drink smoothly and praise the one who has given [salt] a drink made in Basra by the work of Yahya ibn Umayyah by the owner of al-Hira, Samha, and Khair.” The ceramic industry continued in the Umayyad era in a similar manner. to methods previously known in the region. This piece was made in the Umayyad era and was found in the Abbasid palace in the Raqqa region, which was the exclusive palace of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim Billah (ruled in the period 218-227 / 833-842). This jar is considered a continuation of ancient artistic traditions, as its shape and decoration resemble Roman earthen jars and Parthenian pottery. The presence of Arabic inscriptions in primitive Kufic script engraved around the neck of the jar indicates its connection to Islamic civilization.
Sample Text	Mona al-Moadin “Ceramic Jar” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01;10;ar

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Ceramic jar

(جرّة خزفية)

Author Yahya bin Umayyah.

Author Original يحيى بن أمية

Publication Date 2nd century / 8th century

Publication Place - The National Museum in Damascus

Subject Mold-made monochromatic glazed pottery.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 0.436م ؛ القطر: 0.434م

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ع 16476

Record ID object;ISL;sy;Mus01;10;ar

Library Location The National Museum in Damascus

Date 2nd century / 8th century

Notes This piece is a large olive green ceramic jar with a spherical belly and a semi-cylindrical neck. The jar has a slightly slanted lip outward and is equipped with three knobs. Each knob is decorated with the shape of a spike resembling a small ivory-yellow jar. The jar was made using a mold, and the place of attachment in the middle of the abdomen and lower neck was artistically camouflaged. The texture of its decoration is interlocking circular shapes, the surface of which is filled with semi-circles resembling scales, in addition to bands decorated with floral and geometric motifs. At the bottom of the neck there is an inscription written in early Kufic script that can be read as follows: “Drink smoothly and praise the one who has given [salt] a drink made in Basra by the work of Yahya ibn Umayyah by the owner of al-Hira, Samha, and Khair.” The ceramic industry continued in the Umayyad era in a similar manner. to methods previously known in the region. This piece was made in the Umayyad era and was found in the Abbasid palace in the Raqqa region, which was the exclusive palace of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim Billah (ruled in the period 218-227 / 833-842). This jar is considered a continuation of ancient artistic traditions, as its shape and decoration resemble Roman earthen jars and Parthenian pottery. The presence of Arabic inscriptions in primitive Kufic script engraved around the neck of the jar indicates its connection to Islamic civilization.

Sample Text Mona al-Moadin “Ceramic Jar” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01;10;ar