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Inkwell with Engraved and Inlayed Decoration

Collection number	銅059-0367
Provenance	Iran
Period	Islamic period
Date	12th-13th Century CE
Material	Brass
Dimension	H. 10.3 cm
Comment	During the period of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Fatimid Caliphate, roughly when Arabian Nights was created, books were replicated in handwritten manuscripts, as there was no printing technology. A fragment of paper held at the University of Chicago is the earliest known manuscript of Arabian Nights, which was written around the 9th century. It is believed that the Battle of Talas in 751 brought the Chinese papermaking method into the Islamic world. As a result, stories that had been told orally in the past were turned into books within about 100 years of the introduction of paper, which allowed stories to be carried down and read widely. It was at the beginning of the 19th century that printed books came to be published.
Classification	bronze vessel
Keywords	Golden color Fine, Gorgeous Western Asia, Iran Islamic Dynasties, Middle Islamic Period Metal, Copper, Copper alloy, Brass Vessel, Bottle, Lid/Lidded vessel Domestic tool, Inkwell, Bottle Letter, Arabic, Plant, Creature, Bird
資料ID	2148