Made in Arabic
jar
الجَرّة
A Mamluk jar made in Syria, painted in blue and black under a clear glaze, its main decoration a large inscription in thuluth script. Arabic jarra is an earthenware vessel, from the verb jarra, to draw or pull. Provençal and Medieval Latin took it as jarra, French as jarre, and English as jar, which first meant a measure for liquids.
- Instrument
- a glazed Mamluk jar, Syria, 14th century
- Written on it in Arabic
- Around it, in thuluth: «Lasting glory, increasing prosperity, and good fortune».
The path between languagesjarra → jarra → jarre → jar
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ملكٌ عامّ
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