Abstract
The stamped zir jar handle from Miska has two stamps on its upper side, one near the other. One of the stamps depicts a six-pointed star, surrounded by a thick bold circle, with dots between the spikes and a dot in its center; the second stamp comprises two concentric circles with a dot in the center. Stamped jar handles displaying various star designs were unearthed in the Umayyad-period pottery kilns of Nebi Samwil, located north of Jerusalem. A possible explanation for the double-stamped handles is that they represented a change in the ownership of the jar, or in the warehouse in which the vessel was stored.
Keywords
Early Islamic period, pottery industry
Recommended Citation
Amitai-Preiss, Nitzan
(2020)
"A Double-Stamped Zir Handle from Miska (pp. 131–133),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 99, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2040
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol99/iss1/9
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