PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY

Muslims had some contributions in using black powder in projectiles and firearms, as the pressure of military need has helped them develop all weapons which can catapult balls of fire. As a result of that, they make flasks to carry gunpowder. Nowadays, a lot of these powder flasks could be traced in...

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Autores principales:	Hossam O. TANTAWY, Rehab I. ELSIEDY
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Publicado:	Fayoum University 2018
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:46f8729d1d8c417fb61df3bfe545fd812021-12-02T10:17:26ZPERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY2356-87042536-995410.36816/shedet.005.11https://doaj.org/article/46f8729d1d8c417fb61df3bfe545fd812018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_87884_bcc595b2bf713c9c0467caf54bb7de03.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2356-8704https://doaj.org/toc/2536-9954Muslims had some contributions in using black powder in projectiles and firearms, as the pressure of military need has helped them develop all weapons which can catapult balls of fire. As a result of that, they make flasks to carry gunpowder. Nowadays, a lot of these powder flasks could be traced in museums and private collection all over the world. Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo has an important collection of Islamic powder flasks attributed to different regions made of different materials such as metal, wood, ivory, leather, etc. There are twelve of these powder flasks belonging to Iran as a type or place of manufacturing. These Persian powder flasks are distinguished by the variety of their shapes which could be divided into 4 main types. On the other hand, they reflect multiple methods in ornamenting this kind of object according to the type of the raw material it is made of. Despite the importance of this collection, there isn`t an individual study to explore them and reveal the different aspects which effect on such objects, so this research interests in studying this Persian collection of powder flasks descriptively and analytically.Hossam O. TANTAWYRehab I. ELSIEDYFayoum Universityarticlegayer-andersonpowder flaskhornsfirearmsiranqajarAuxiliary sciences of historyCArchaeologyCC1-960ENShedet, Vol 5, Iss 5, Pp 138-161 (2018)
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spellingShingle	gayer-anderson powder flask horns firearms iran qajar Auxiliary sciences of history C Archaeology CC1-960 Hossam O. TANTAWY Rehab I. ELSIEDY PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
description	Muslims had some contributions in using black powder in projectiles and firearms, as the pressure of military need has helped them develop all weapons which can catapult balls of fire. As a result of that, they make flasks to carry gunpowder. Nowadays, a lot of these powder flasks could be traced in museums and private collection all over the world. Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo has an important collection of Islamic powder flasks attributed to different regions made of different materials such as metal, wood, ivory, leather, etc. There are twelve of these powder flasks belonging to Iran as a type or place of manufacturing. These Persian powder flasks are distinguished by the variety of their shapes which could be divided into 4 main types. On the other hand, they reflect multiple methods in ornamenting this kind of object according to the type of the raw material it is made of. Despite the importance of this collection, there isn`t an individual study to explore them and reveal the different aspects which effect on such objects, so this research interests in studying this Persian collection of powder flasks descriptively and analytically.
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author	Hossam O. TANTAWY Rehab I. ELSIEDY
author_facet	Hossam O. TANTAWY Rehab I. ELSIEDY
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title	PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
title_short	PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
title_full	PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
title_fullStr	PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
title_full_unstemmed	PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY
title_sort	persian powder flasks preserved in the gayer–anderson museum in cairo: an archaeological and artistic study
publisher	Fayoum University
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/46f8729d1d8c417fb61df3bfe545fd81
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PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY

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