Octagonal Stool
Octagonal Stool
Place of OriginSyria
Date13th century
Dimensions17 5/16 × 16 1/8 in. (44 × 41 cm)
MediumCeramic
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. E.C. Bodman
Object number
1937.8
Not on View
DescriptionAn octagonal stool with designs and inscriptions in low relief; short bulbous feet, decorated. Turquoise glaze, now iridescent and perished.
Sixth to seventh centuries
12th-13th century
late 13th century
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
First Intermediate Period, 9th Dynasty, about 2150 BCE
Late 13th - Early 14th century
about 1100-1200
about 3rd century CE
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