Syria/Central Syrian Plateau
Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk
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Bowl
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37.5 cm diameter and 10.7 cm deep
Dining/Drinking/Serving
Slipped, painted, then glazed
Wheel made
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Arabic text translats "Lasting power, growing happiness / safe life, constant / destiny great prosperity / growing happiness to the owner". An ironic prayer by a Damascus potter after the Mongol destruction of Raqqa in the early Mamluk period.
Illustration from Ebla to Damascus (1999) by Harvey Weiss.
