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Ware/Ware Family/Style: Damascus Early Islamic Red Slipped Ware

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

Damascus Early Islamic Red Slipped Ware

Country/region of ware origin:

Syria/Central Syrian Plateau

Date BCE/CE:

ca. 1000 - 1300 CE

Period:

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid, Early Medieval/Middle Islamic

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General Information and Description

General Information
Description

Soft porous fabric; reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) in section, surface light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and red where slipped (10R 4/6); grey inclusions and some fine quartz and limestone; slip applied exterior

Vessels 2

CD2 1075.21

Strainer jug

Damascus, Citadel

ca. 1000-1300CE

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CD2 1132.128

Strainer jug

Damascus, Citadel

ca. 1000-1300CE

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Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Earlier/Alternative Names

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Site Distribution

Syria

Damascus, Citadel (Syria/Central Syrian Plateau)

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

McPhillips, Stephen. "Continuity and Innovation in Syrian Artisanal Traditions of the 9th to 13th Centuries. Ceramic Evidence from the Syrian-French Citadel of Damascus Excavations" Damas médiévale et ottomane Bulletin d'Études Orientales 61 (2012), 447-473

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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