Publication Date
Ninth/fifteenth century
Publication Place
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National Archaeological Museum
Subject
pride; potter's wheel; paint; Metallic luster.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 30 سم؛ العرض: 14 سم؛ السماكة: 5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
51128
Record ID
object;ISL;es;Mus01;30;ar
Library Location
National Archaeological Museum
Date
Ninth/fifteenth century
Notes
A funerary stele made of baked pottery, shaped like a wheel, rectangular in the lower part, rounded in the upper part and two appendages. On top of the dense, shimmering tin paint, geometric decoration and inscriptions in Kufic letters were applied using the metallic luster technique. It is assumed that the piece would have crowned a funerary monument, or been planted directly in the ground, at the head of the grave. In order to respond to the feeling of equality that prevails in Islam, the tombs in Andaluscans are distinguished by their great simplicity. Despite all of this, we find differences between Lahoud; The most humble graves were marked by the placement of a rough, unworked stone at the head; In the case of people with a better social status, the graves were marked with signs of a different kind. Pieces of glazed and gilded pottery were also produced for funerary purposes. Some are simple rectangular pieces of brick; But the most important evidence remains the evidence called “with ears,” which consists of a rectangular element whose lower, unfurnished part is embedded in the ground, and another rounded element that contains in its upper part two protrusions or “ears” from which this name is derived. Both offer a tin coating, a gold or cobalt blue inscription on the main face, and a floral motif or “Hand of Fatima” on the reverse.
Sample Text
Margarita Sánchez Llorente “Funeral stele with ears” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;es;Mus01;30;ar
