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‘Atiqot 99 (2020)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Double-Stamped
Zir
Handle from Miska
(pp. 131–133)
Nitzan Amitai-Preiss
Keywords: Early Islamic period, pottery industry
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.