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Bottom of a Vessel in Silhouette Style
Bottom of a Vessel in Silhouette Style

This pot bottom made of faience is painted with black floral designs under glaze, which is known as the silhouette style.

Bottom of Vessel

Bottom of a Vessel with a Lion
Bottom of a Vessel with a Lion

This faience pot bottom has the abstract figure of a lion surrounded by floral and foliage designs painted under glaze.

Bottom of Vessel

Brass Basin Inlaid with Silver
Brass Basin Inlaid with Silver

The brass basin is inlaid with silver and decorated with hunting animals, fantastic winged creatures, and scenes of life at court. The base is decorated with depictions of the planets.

Basin

Candlestick of Al-Mosili
Candlestick of Al-Mosili

The candlestick of Al-Mosili has a wide, slightly conical base and a narrow neck. The upper surface of the neck is decorated by a drawing of musicians, dancers and wine drinkers.

Candlestick

Cenotaph of Imam al-Hussein
Cenotaph of Imam al-Hussein

This wooden sarcophagus is from the shrine of the Iman al-Hussein in Cairo, dated seventh century AH (thirteenth century AD).

Cenotaph

Collection of Islamic Golden Coins
Collection of Islamic Golden Coins

A collection of Islamic golden coins were struck in various cities around the Islamic world. These particular dinars are dated to Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid and Mamluk periods.

Coin

Collection of Islamic Silver Coins
Collection of Islamic Silver Coins

The currency system in Egypt was based upon three coins: the gold dinar, the silver dirham and the copper fils. The gold dinars were the principal currency upon which the other units were based, while the copper fils and silver dirhams where used at the level of local markets.

Numismatics

Copper Kettle
Copper Kettle

A kettle with an undecorated, round base, and a lid in the shape of a bell that is crowned with a cross. There is a deeply cut, decorative band of Coptic inscriptions on the lower part of the body.

Pot

Copper Plate
Copper Plate

A small copper plate with a circular base, which is decorated with incised lines.

Bowl

Foundation Slab Painting of Marble
Foundation Slab Painting of Marble

A foundation slab painting of white marble contains writing with high relief on marble.

Foundation Slab

Fragment of Silhouette Ware with Rabbit
Fragment of Silhouette Ware with Rabbit

The ceramic fragment is called silhouette ware, whereby the design is rendered as a black silhouette free of any details. It depicts a rabbit amid plant-like designs, primarily vines and palmettos.

Fragment of a Vessel

Glass Bottle with Lotus Flowers
Glass Bottle with Lotus Flowers

The glass bottle with a long, graceful neck, a round protruding rim, and a slightly flared mouth is decorated with lotus flowers and inscriptions.

Bottle

Golden Dinar of Al-Malik al-Kamil
Golden Dinar of Al-Malik al-Kamil

This Golden Dinar with the name of Al-Malik al-Kamil Mohammad Ibn al-Malik al-Adel was minted in Alexandria in the year AH 623 (AD 1226).

Dinar

Golden Dinars of Return of Sunnite Caliphate
Golden Dinars of Return of Sunnite Caliphate

These Golden Dinars are from the first independent stage of Salah al-Din's rule of Egypt.

Dinar

Jar Filter with Rhombuses
Jar Filter with Rhombuses

A jar filter, made of pottery, is meticulously made. It is not enameled but decorated with an incised and pierced ornament and colored yellowish green.

Filter of Water Jug

Manuscript on Nutrition from the Book of Al-Asbab Wa al-Alamat
Manuscript on Nutrition from the Book of Al-Asbab Wa al-Alamat

This manuscript talks about different food and beverages, their natural characteristics, and also the uses of ecological medicine.

Medical Manuscript

Marble Capital of a Column
Marble Capital of a Column

The marble capital, the remainder of what was once a column, is decorated with Naskh inscriptions carved in relief. It is from the Ayyubid period.

Column / Pillar

Marble Pillar
Marble Pillar

A marble pillar with a cylindrical body is decorated with plant ornaments and a prayer niche. Behind the pillar is a broad frame of manuscripts.

Column / Pillar

Part of a Plate's Bottom
Part of a Plate's Bottom

This part from a plate's bottom has a scene of the Virgin Mary and a half scene of Jesus Christ.

Plate's Bottom

Part of a Vessel with Painting of a Boat
Part of a Vessel with Painting of a Boat

This vessel fragment is decorated with a boat with a chessboard-patterned sail and two persons within.

Bottom of Vessel

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