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Jug from Dayr 'Ayn 'Abata
Not on view
Early Islamic art, like Byzantine art, used bands of inscriptions to decorate surfaces. Here, the Arabic inscription identifies the potter as Abu ‘Isa al-Wathiq. The vessel was found in 1994 at the Monastery of Dayr ‘Ayn ‘Abata, where Lot and his daughters were said to have stayed.
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