Durham Research Online Deposited in DRO: 17 February 2009 Version of attached le: Published Version Peer-review status of attached le: Peer-reviewed Citation for published item: Kennet, D. (2004) 'Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah (eBook version) : classication, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean.', Oxford: Archaeopress. 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Durham University Library, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LY, United Kingdom Tel : +44 (0)191 334 3042 | Fax : +44 (0)191 334 2971 https://dro.dur.ac.uk Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah (eBook version) Classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean Derek Kennet with a contribution by Regina Krahl 1 2 Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Figures ...................................................................................................................................... 6 List of Colour plates ............................................................................................................................. 7 List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 10 Conventions ................................................................................................................................... 11 Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2: The Contexts ...................................................................................................................... 13 Kush ................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Site .......................................................................................................................................... 13 The Phased Sequence..................................................................................................................... 14 Dating the Sequence ...................................................................................................................... 15 The Pottery Sequence .................................................................................................................... 16 Al-Mataf (Julfar) ................................................................................................................................ 19 The Site .......................................................................................................................................... 19 The Phased Sequence..................................................................................................................... 19 Dating the Sequence ...................................................................................................................... 20 The Pottery Sequence .................................................................................................................... 21 Surveys in Ras al-Khaimah ................................................................................................................ 25 Hulaylah ......................................................................................................................................... 25 Khatt .............................................................................................................................................. 25 The 1994 Survey of Ras al-Khaimah (the 1994 Survey) ............................................................... 25 The Mountain Village Survey ........................................................................................................ 26 The Survey Assemblages ............................................................................................................... 26 Area 74 .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Beyond Ras al-Khaimah .................................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 3: The Pottery Classification ................................................................................................ 33 Classes ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Types ............................................................................................................................................. 35 Glazed Classes ................................................................................................................................... 35 Alkaline Glazed Classes ................................................................................................................ 35 1. TURQ (Turquoise Glaze) ...................................................................................................... 35 Samarra Horizon Classes ............................................................................................................... 38 2. YBTIN (Plain Opaque White Glaze) .................................................................................... 39 3. COBALT (Cobalt decorated white glaze) ............................................................................ 40 4. BTIN (Black Decorated Tin Glaze) ...................................................................................... 40 5. SPLASH (Splashed) ............................................................................................................. 40 6. YSPLASH (Bright Yellow Splash) ...................................................................................... 41 7. LUSTRE (Lustre) ................................................................................................................. 41 Sgraffiatos ...................................................................................................................................... 42 8. EGRAF (Early Sgraffiato) .................................................................................................... 42 9. HGRAF (Hatched Sgraffiato) ............................................................................................... 43 10. YGRAF (Yellow Sgraffiato)............................................................................................... 44 11. GGRAF (Monochrome Green Sgraffiato) .......................................................................... 44 12. MGRAF (Monochrome Mustard Sgraffiato) ...................................................................... 45 13. BGRAF (Two-Tone Sgraffiato) .......................................................................................... 45 14. PGRAF (Polychrome Sgraffiato) ....................................................................................... 46 15. DGRAF (Degraded Sgraffiato) ........................................................................................... 46 16. CHAMP (Champlevé) ........................................................................................................ 46 17. LGJARS (Large Glazed Jars) ............................................................................................. 47 Frit or Stone-paste classes .............................................................................................................. 47 Kush Frits ...................................................................................................................................... 48 18. FRIT.F (Fine Frit) .............................................................................................................. 48 19. FRIT.W (White Frit) .......................................................................................................... 48 20. FRIT.L (Frit Lustre) ........................................................................................................... 49 21. FRIT.T (Turquoise Frit) ..................................................................................................... 49 3 FRIT.B (Coarse Frit) ................................................................................................................ 49 22. FRIT.C (Cobalt Frit)........................................................................................................... 50 Al-Mataf Frits ...............................................................................................................................