Current Issue
Past Issues
Editoral Policy
About Us
Guide to Contributors
Call for Papers
Submission
‘Atiqot 108 (2022)
ISBN 2948-040X
Pottery and Stone Objects from the Abbasid–Fatimid Periods at Ramla
(pp. 333–379)
Hagit Torgë
Keywords: Early Islamic period, zoomorphic vessels, prestige items, imports, Egypt, China
The pottery assemblage from the excavation at Ramla comprises well-known vessel types of the late Abbasid–Fatimid periods, mostly dating between the ninth and eleventh centuries CE. Most of the vessels were locally made; however, fine-ware vessels imported from as far as Egypt and China, were also found. Other probably imported items from Egypt are a Shabti figurine and a fragment of green marble. These luxury finds indicate that the area was most likely part of the affluent neighborhood of Ramla uncovered south of the White Mosque in the Early Islamic period.