Two Rare Early Abbasid Paint-Decorated Ceramic Bowls from el-Khirba/Nes Ziyyona, Israel

This article discusses two near-complete ceramic vessels—a deep, cup-shaped bowl and a shallow bowl/plate—found in recent excavations carried out at the rural site of el-Khirba/Nes Ziyyona in central Israel, in an early Abbasid context dated to the ninth century. The vessels bear unusual painted dec...

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Authors: Taxel, Itamar (Author) ; Lester, Ayala (Author) ; ʿAd, Uzi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2018, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 273-280
Further subjects:B luxury ceramics
B Early Islamic Palestine
B Nes Ziyyona / el-Khirba
B early Abbasid pottery
B paint-decorated Fine Byzantine Ware bowls
B pan-Islamic artistic pattern
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