© Museu de la Noguera
Omeka ID 402
Pla d'Almatà
Andalusian culture

mortar

MN-2227

Object type
mortar
Production date
1050 / 1105
Fabric
Islamic pottery painted with manganese
Museum
Museu de la Noguera
Culture
Andalusian culture
Discovery location
Pla d'Almatà
Materials
pottery
Township
Balaguer (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Noguera)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
110 x 235 mm
Description
Mortar fired in an oxidising atmosphere, with a reddish fabric and varied inclusions. The body has an inverted frustoconical shape, curved diverging walls and a lip with a pronounced exterior moulding with a triangular cross-section. The decoration is applied and painted with manganese, and is located on the outer part of the lip and the central part of the inner walls, with motifs of parallel horizontal lines framing a frieze.