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The potter has decorated the outside of the bowl-like neck with a simple pattern of incised lines and stippling. On the inside, there is a clay filter where the neck joins the wide, tapering body.This filter has a pierced rosette design which gives the effect of lace work. We think that jars of this type were used as water bottles and were fitted with filters to keep insects out. Similar jars have been recovered at Fustat (Old Cairo), and scholars have classified them according to the design of their filters. They believe the rosette design seen here dates from the Fatimid period (969-1171).","physicalDescription":"An unglazed jar of buff to white earthenware, with a conical foot, a wide, tapering body and a bowl-like neck. The exterior of the neck is decorated with a simple pattern of  incised lines and stippling. 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