Water Jar

NEP70

From: Egypt | Cairo

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number NEP70
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Cairo
Date Made 13th century
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Arabic Inscription
Inscription Language Kufic
Description

Stone water Jar. A Kufic Arabic inscription on the upper part (good wishes to the owner) - "praise, tirumph, happiness, glory, victory, propserity."

"The large jar exhibited here bears a Kufic Arabic inscription on the rim imparting good wishes to the owner "Praise, triumph, happiness, glory, victory, prosperity."

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1923

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