The Sphero-conical Vessel
A Difficult Interpretation between Historical Sources and Archaeology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.v3i2.32823Keywords:
sphero-conical; grenade; ceramic; war; trade, spero-conical, grenade, ceramic, war, tradeAbstract
The six articles presented in this special edition of the Journal of Islamic Archaeology were part of the Study Day held on the 17th of December 2014 at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (the “IFAO”), Cairo and entitled “the Sphero-conical vessel: A debate on fire grenades and gunpowder in the Muslim World.”
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1997. “Sphero-conical vessels: A typology of forms and functions.” In Science, Tools and Magic, Part Two: Mundane Worlds, Volume XII Part 2, edited by E. Savage-Smith, 324–333. Oxford: The Nasser D. Khalily Collection of Islamic Art.
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1959. “Flocons? Grenades? Eolipiles?” Syria 36: 81–89.
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2004. “Ceramics from Islamic lands.” In The al-Sabah Collection Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum, 128–132. London: Thames & Hudson.
1986. Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/UNESCO.
Arendt, W.
1929–1931. “Die spärisch-konischen Geräte aus gebranntem Ton.” Zeitschrift fûr historische Waffen und Kostümkunde 12: 206–210.
Bagatti, B.
1953. “Bombe a fuoco Greco.” Palestina (VIII-XIII secolo) 39: 35–38.
Brosh, N.
1980. “A re-examination of Islamic ceramic grenades.” ?Atiqot 14, 114–115. Jerusalem : Department of Antiquities and Museums.
Dumarçay, J.
1965. “Eolipiles?” Syria 42: 75–79.
Ettinghausen, R.
1965. “The use of sphero-conical vessels in the Muslim East.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 24: 218–229. https://doi.org/10.1086/371816
Fuat, S.
2002. Technologies of Warfare, Texts and Studies. Natural Sciences in Islam Vol. 80. Frankfurt: Goethe University.
Gohlke, W.
1912–1914. “Handbrandgeschosse aus Ton.” Zeitschrift fûr historische Waffenkunde 6: 377–387.
Ghouchani, A. and C. Adle.
1992. “A sphero-conical vessel as fuqqâ‘a, or a gourd for ‘beer’.” Muqarnas 9: 72–92. https://doi.org/10.2307/1523137
Hildburgh, W.
1951. “Aeolipiles as fire-blowers.” Archaeologia 94: 27–55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261340900007207
Keall, E.
1993. “One man’s mede is another man’s Persian: One man’s coconut is another man’s grenade.” Muqarnas 10: 275–285. https://doi.org/10.2307/1523192
Kervran, M.
1993. Sohar Fort Museum, Sultanate of Oman, Mascate.
Kniel, K.
1912. “Mittelalterliche palästinensische Granaten.” Das Heilige Land 56: 15–23.
Kuehn, S.
2011. The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art. Leiden: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004186637.i-390
Lane, A.
1947. Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia. London: Faber and Faber.
Lenz, E.
1912–1914. “Handgranaten oder Quecksilbergefäbe?” Zeitschrift fûr historische Waffenkunde 6: 367–376.
Mercier, M.
1952. Le Feu Grégeois. Les feux de guerre depuis l’antiquité. La poudre à canon. Paris: P. Geuthner.
Pentz, P.
1988. “A medieval workshop of producing Greek fire grenades.” Antiquity 62(234): 89–93. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00073531
Rogers, J. M.
1969. “Aeolipiles again.” In Forschungen zur Kunst Asiens in Memoriam Kurt Erdmann, edited by Kurt Erdmann, Oktay Aslanapa and Rudolf Naumann, 147–158. Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk ve Islâm Sanati Kürsüsü.
Sarre, F.
1925. “Keramik V. Kriegsgerät.” In Baalbek, edited by Theodor Wiegand, 133–136. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Sarre, F.
1935. “Tongranaten oder handbrandgeschosse.” In “Die Keramik der islamischen Zeit von Milet.” In Das Islamische Milet, edited by Karl Wulzinger, Paul Wittek and Sarre Friedrich, 76–78. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Saulcy, F.
1874. “Note sur des projectiles à main, creux et en terre cuite, de fabrication arabe.” Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France 5: 18–34.
Sauvaget, J.
1949. “Flacons à vin ou grenades à ‘feu grégeois’?” Annuaire de l’Institut de philologie et d’histoire orientales et slaves 9: 525–530.
Savage-Smith, É.
1997. “Sphero-conical vessels: A typology of forms and functions.” In Science, Tools and Magic, Part Two: Mundane Worlds, Volume XII Part 2, edited by E. Savage-Smith, 324–333. Oxford: The Nasser D. Khalily Collection of Islamic Art.
Seyrig, H.
1959. “Flocons? Grenades? Eolipiles?” Syria 36: 81–89.
Sharvit, J.
2008. “The sphero-conical vessels.” In Paneas II: Small Finds and Other Studies, edited by V. Tzaferis, and S. Israeli, 101–112. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority.
Watson, O.
2004. “Ceramics from Islamic lands.” In The al-Sabah Collection Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum, 128–132. London: Thames & Hudson.
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Pradines, S. (2017). The Sphero-conical Vessel: A Difficult Interpretation between Historical Sources and Archaeology. Journal of Islamic Archaeology, 3(2), 153-162. https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.v3i2.32823
