
Cooking pot
Title/name : Cooking pot
Production place : Al-Fudayn (al-Mafraq), Jordan
Date / period : Seventh – eighth century
Materials and techniques : Carved stone, engraved decoration
Dimensions : H. 15 cm ; D. 29 cm
Conservation town : Amman
Conservation place : Jordan Archaeological Museum
Inventory number : J 19308
Inscription : “for
Nawwar ?”
This cooking pot is one of
ten pieces, which were among the treasure of artifacts discovered in the
Umayyad palace of
Al-Fudayn.
The large body, nearly
cylindrical, has two simple broad handles. The surface is totally covered with
geometric designs such as horizontal...