Location: Islamic tower.

Title: Dish. Kitchen crockery

Chronology: 14th Century

Place of production: Paterna

Material: Ceramic

Dimensions: 20 cm diameter

Use and function: To serve food

Description: Dish typical of kitchen crockery made of glazed ceramic. It contains epigraphic decoration with a green and black colors. The central inscription reads al-Murk, the power, referring to its deity, Allah. The inscription is surrounded by vegetal and geometric ornamentation. With the colors and the inscription, the power that the family to which the pottery belonged must have had is clearly represented.

Provenance of find: Archaeological site at Calle Libertada, 2 (La Palma). 2002