Name: Pottery neck fragment with applied decoration

Provenance: Citadel of Mértola (1992)
Location: CAM Deposit - VD-DV7.107.
Dimensions: Max. width. 23 mm, max. height 23 mm, weight 1.41 g.
Chronology: 12th-13th centuries.
Materials: Green glass with turquoise applied decoration
Technique: Mould-blown with relief decoration – applied parallel lines of turquoise-blue glass paste.
Condition: Good

Name: Gold Medal

Provenance: Necropolis of the Chapel of Achada de S. Sebastião - Mértola
Location: Chapel of S. Sebastião Museum Hub
Chronology: 4th-5th century AD

Name: Portable stove decorated with horseshoe arches

Provenance: The hillside of the Castle of Mértola
Location: Islamic Museum of Mértola.
Chronology: 12th century

Name: Large bowl in partial “dry string” technique

Provenance: The hillside of the Castle of Mértola.
Location: Museum of Mértola - Islamic Art.
Chronology: 12th century
Description: Large bowl with a flat base and cylindrical body, missing the upper part. This object was decorated in partial “dry string” technique, with shades of white, green and honey-colour. The interior was covered with a honey-coloured glaze. The decorative motif consists of a strip of opposing palmettes.

Name: St. Sebastian

Provenance: Parish Church of S. Pedro de Sólis
Location: Museum of Mértola - Porta da Ribeira - Sacred Art
Chronology: 16th century (2nd half)
Materials: Polychrome terra-cotta

Name: Water pot with glaze and stamped decoration

Provenance: Citadel of Mértola
Location: Museum of Mértola - Islamic Art.
Chronology: Second half of the 12th century / first half of the 13th century

Name: Epitaph of Orania

Transcript:
ORANI-
A P (A)M (U)L (A) DEI VIXIT
ANN(OS) TES REQUIEVIT
IN PACE D (IE) IDUS
NOVEMB(RES) ER-
A LAS

Which in English means:
Orania, servant of God, lived for three years;
Rested in peace on the (first) day of the Ides of November of Era 541 (which in our calendar is the 13th of November of 503 AD)

Provenance: Found in a tombstone facing the Chapel of Santo António dos Pescadores in the 19th century by archaeologist Estácio da Veiga.

Object Type - Oil lamp

Chronology - Almohad (1160-1212)

Decorative technique - monochrome glaze

Provenance - Mértola, Old Fire Station, 2007.

 

Name: gravestone fragment
Translation: "In the name of God, [the Compassionate, the Merciful.] This is the tomb of [...] Ibn Khãlis [...] Muhammad Ibn al-[...]"
Chronology: 11th-12th century
Location: Museum of Mértola – Islamic Centre

Bibliography:
MACIAS, Santiago (2005) - Mértola : o último porto do Mediterrâneo. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, vol 3, pp.46.