Damascus Stonepaste 1 Ware | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Ware/Ware Family/Style: Damascus Stonepaste 1 Ware

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

Damascus Stonepaste 1 Ware

Country/region of ware origin:

Syria/Central Syrian Plateau

Date BCE/CE:

ca. 1000 CE - 1150 (?) CE

Period:

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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General Information and Description

General Information
Description

hard white stonepaste, few inclusions visible; thick transparent glaze (turquoise, cobalt, colourless), sometimes with fine white slip. Example 3 has a grey friable stonepaste fabric.

Vessels 4

CD2 1081.1

Bowl

Damascus, Citadel

ca 1000-1150

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

CD2 1063.803

Bowl

Damascus, Citadel

ca 1000-1150

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

CD2 1098b.2

Bowl

Damascus, Citadel

ca 1000-1150

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

CD2 1063.810

Bowl

Damascus, Citadel

ca 1000-1150

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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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