291371

STUDY OF A RARE MAMLUK METAL BUCKET IN THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART IN CAIRO

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

This paper is a new study of a metal bucket made of brass, preserved in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. This bucket is published for the first time. The artistic characteristics of this bucket indicate that it belongs to the Mamluk period (648-923 AH / 1250-1517 AD). Although it contains an inscription that could be related, in terms of content, to the inscriptions of Shiite origin, this is uncommon; among Mamluk objects, which raises many arguments about this object and its importance. Firstly, the study aimed to date this bucket and determine its provenance; by analyzing its artistic stylistic features, primarily, the decorations and the type of script used for the inscription. It has been proved that this bucket was made during the Mamluk period (the first half of the 8th AH / 14th AD century) in the Levant. Then, the study discussed the content of the inscription on the bucket and explained the reason for not recording the part which contains explicit Shiite expressions; through analysis and induction of historical sources; to find out about contemporary events. The study showed the extent of the impact of those events on the content of the inscription on this bucket.

DOI

10.21608/shedet.2023.291371

Keywords

Metalwork, Decorations, Inscriptions, mamluk, Shiites

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Edris

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Department of Islamic Archaeololgy, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University

Email

ame00@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

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0000-0001-5959-354X

Volume

10

Article Issue

10

Related Issue

40322

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2023-03-19

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

166

Page End

183

Print ISSN

2356-8704

Online ISSN

2536-9954

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_291371.html

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Shedet

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STUDY OF A RARE MAMLUK METAL BUCKET IN THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART IN CAIRO

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25 Dec 2024