This unpublished fragment of a glass disk bears the name and title of the Umayyad caliph Hishām b. ‘Abd al-Malik (105-125 AH / AD 724-743). It is of a new type, different from the few other ones known with his name. The inscriptions on the comparanda attest that Hishām issued various type of glasses (coin weights, vessel stamps and tokens), in different colours (yellow, bluish-green and green). The fragment is most likely a coin weight, but a more precise description is prevented by its incomplete state, and the absence of another identical specimen.

N. inv. 622, fragment en verre / D'Ottone, Arianna. - STAMPA. - Vol. IV(2017), pp. 159-166.

N. inv. 622, fragment en verre

D'OTTONE, ARIANNA
2017

Abstract

This unpublished fragment of a glass disk bears the name and title of the Umayyad caliph Hishām b. ‘Abd al-Malik (105-125 AH / AD 724-743). It is of a new type, different from the few other ones known with his name. The inscriptions on the comparanda attest that Hishām issued various type of glasses (coin weights, vessel stamps and tokens), in different colours (yellow, bluish-green and green). The fragment is most likely a coin weight, but a more precise description is prevented by its incomplete state, and the absence of another identical specimen.
2017
Qal'at Sem'an. Vol IV: Rapport final. Fascicule 4: Le verre.
9782351597279
Ce fragment inédit présente le nom et le titre du calife Umayyade Hishām b. ‘Abd al-Malik (105-125 AH / AD 724-743). Ce fragment est une trouvaille précieuse: très peu de disques en verre sont connus pour la Syrie d’époque Umayyade et celui-ci n’est que le cinquième avec le nom de Hishām. Il est d’un type nouveau, différent des autres exemplaires à son nom. Les inscriptions sur ces pièces comparables attestent que Hishām a émis divers types de disques en verre (jetons, étalons monétaires et estampilles), de couleurs variées (jaune, bleu-vert, et vert). Ce fragment est très probablement un poids pour monnaies, mais il ne peut pas être décrit plus précisément en raison de son état incomplet et de l’absence d’un spécimen identique entier.
pesi vitrei; scavi archeologici; Islam; Siria
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N. inv. 622, fragment en verre / D'Ottone, Arianna. - STAMPA. - Vol. IV(2017), pp. 159-166.
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