As part of the issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps by CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A., a ceramic bowl of the collection of the M\u00e9rtola Museum – Islamic Art was released.<\/p>\n
This is a bowl with epigraphic decoration executed in the total dry-rope technique, dating from the 12th<\/sup><\/span> century Anno Domini<\/i><\/span>. The design outlined in manganese is completely filled with white, turquoise-green and honey-coloured glaze. The central motif bears the inscription baraka<\/i><\/span> (blessing) surrounded by a frieze of opposing typed palmettes (the word baraka<\/i><\/span> is the most frequent invocation on total dry-rope ceramics) (in, G\u00f3mez Martinez, Susana, M\u00e9rtola Museum – Dry-rope ceramics of M\u00e9rtola, M\u00e9rtola, M\u00e9rtola Archaeological Site, 2002, page 71)<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps by CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A., a ceramic bowl of the collection of the M\u00e9rtola Museum – Islamic Art was released. This is a bowl with epigraphic decoration executed in the total dry-rope technique, dating from the 12th century Anno Domini.… Ler mais Issue of the ‘Euromed – Ancient Mediterranean Villages’ stamps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musee-mertola"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t