Mortar
30-48-1
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: South Arabia | Tunisia | Tunis
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-48-1 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | South Arabia | Tunisia | Tunis |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
| Description | Bronze mortar with 18 lines of Cufic (?) Arabic inscription chiselled all round, and on the foot a short inscription. Inscription is worn on one side. Inscription in Arabic includes Sura 112, al-lkhlas (Sincere Religion) and Sura 99, al-Zalzalah (The Earthquake). |
| Height | 33.3 cm |
| Depth | 26.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Palais d'Orient; subscription of C. Emory McMichael, 1930 |
| Other Number | 90-2-19 - Found in Collection Number |
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