An unglazed moulded pottery jug
Mesopotamia, 11th/ 12th Century
of globular form on a tall foot with flaring neck and strap handle, moulded and decorated to the body with a band of hexagons containing rosettes and various animals, one with an inscription, below a band of impressed triangle motifs, the shoulder with a band of inscription
17 cm. high
Footnotes:
For a very similar jug in the British Museum, London, see Arthur Lane, Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1947, Plate 36a. For further information on this type of unglazed pottery, see op. cit. p. 27.

The inscriptions are undeciphered.

Overall very good. Hole to one side approximately 2.5 cm across. Minor chips to rim. Pitting and encrustation to surface and other general wear.