10th-12th century AD. A hollow-formed piriform grey ceramic vessel with domed rim to the mouth, bands of impressed patterns to the shoulder. Cf. Arendt, W. Irene Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p. 42; Arendt, W. Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid.; Ayalon, D. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 487 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1990s.