MORRISON, Helen

WELSBY, Derek A. ; DANIELS, C. M.

Soba. 1. Archaeological Research at a Medieval Capital on the Blue Nile

Memoirs of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 12

The British Institute in Eastern Africa, London, 1991, p. 246-259

fouilles excavations prospection survey

[801, 1400]

bol bowl bouteille bottle cruche ewer filtre filter fiole vial flacon flask flacon à kohl kohl bottle gobelet beaker vitre window glass

décoration appliquée applied decoration facette facet-cut filets marbrés marvered trails incisé incised soufflé dans un moule mould-blown taillé cut

• Examples of glass objects from Soba - Chrisitan-Medieval Period:
– fragments of bowl with trail of opaque white with fine purple threads in it, marvered on top, left in slight relief on sides (fig. 143 no. 9);
– two flasks with large body, long neck and large rim (9th–11th century): geometric decoration: wheel-cut, facet-cut and incised (fig. 144 nos 16 and 17);
– flask [?] fragment with facet-cut geometrical decoration (fig. 146 no. 41);
– fragment of beaker with weel-cut geometric decoration (fig. 146 no. 47);
– fragment of bottle, mould-blown horizontal ribbing (fig. 146 no. 44);
– two fragments with optic blown ribbing (fig. 146 nos 45 and 46);
– fragments with mould-blown decoration (fig; 146 nos 56-59, 62; fig. 147 nos 64-71);
– fragments of square-based phials (fig. 147 nos 79-81) ; one of them with marvered decoration (fig. 147 no. 89);
– fragment of undetermined vessel, with marvered trails in white, black and purple-red (fig. 147 no. 91);
– crown window pane (fig. 147 no. 93).

habitat
settlement  contexte urbain
urban context lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices   église
church

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