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worladi tor reasons tnat may, never e -:
Mknownsthis glass type'didnot inspire
i'slamic'adaptations, but only adoptions
ilike'these; the vogue for such decoration
in the Muslim world did not continue
much after the eighth century, nor does
it appear to have extended beyond the
easter shores of the Mediterranean.
The "spectacle pattern" as well as the
bands of thick and thin threading seen
on the neck of the clear, colorless bottle
(no. 8) were popular decorative motifs
and conventions on pre-lslamic glass
made in Greater Syria.
w.lwn il-elyraveu inscurpuuro
inreeK mna, :,
reads "Drink and live long"; these words '
clearly indicate that te vessel's function'
and that of its progeny was to dispense
liquid-a use that would explain the
green bottle's funnel-shaped mouth.
The lack of a pontil mark on the base
of either vessel indicates that the glassthread
decoration was very quickly,
expertly applied and crimped at regular
intervals while the object was still on the
blowpipe. The finding of two similarly
decorated vessels in the undisturbed
pit at Fustat permits the placing of the
Museum's bottles in the eighth century.
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