Publication Place
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Mertola Museum
Subject
Pottery made from a slightly compacted, yellowish dough, molded with a speed wheel and baked in an oxidizing medium. Partial dry rope decorations (cuerda seca).
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
قطر الفوهة: 9.1 سم؛ قطر القاعدة: 5.3 سم؛ العلو: 10.2 سم؛ العرض: 1.13 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
CR/CSP/0015
Record ID
object;ISL;pt;Mus01;46;ar
Library Location
Mertola Museum
Notes
A cup with an inward-curved rim of slanted cross-section, a circular mouth, a conical body with a double stem, a low belly, and a vertical handle with an oval cross-section that brings the rim to the belly. The base is flat and the stem is obliquely annular. The decoration was carried out in the partial cuerda seca method, outlining the script with a manganese line, which was then covered with green underglaze. Although the text is incomplete, we can read in it in the following script: “Baraka kamil [and] amma sha [mullah], which is a sentence not accompanied by subordinate forms. This mug is considered one of the oldest pieces preserved in Mertola and is decorated with the partial dry cord method (cuerda seca), and its decorative and layout style is distinct from the rest of the pieces dating back to the 6th century AH / 12th century AD. A restored piece.
Sample Text
Susana Gómez Martínez “Mug with writing” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01;46;ar
