Greek Fire-Pot (Grenade)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 1986
label: Collection Date
content: Not Given
name: label: Collector
content: Not Given
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: USED AS INCENDIARY GRENADE. JULY, 1977 APPRAISAL CERTIFICATE BY KAUFMANN'S ANTIQUES, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: " THIS TYPE OF WEAPON WAS INVENTED BY THE GREEKS AND THEN TAKEN OVER BY THE ROMANS AND WAS USED DURING THE BYZANTINE ,CRUSADER AND ISLAMIC PERIODS. THE CONTAINER WAS FILLED WITH OIL, WHICH WAS THEN IGNITED AND THROWN AGAINST WOODEN FORTIFICATIONS AND SHIPS. THE ITEM WAS FOUND BY A DIVER IN THE WRECK OF AN ANCIENT SHIP IN THE SEA, NEAR THE PORT OF HAIFA." PRESENTED TO HAROLD BROWN, U.S. SEC'Y. OF DEFENSE BY MENACHIM BEGIN, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, (1977-1983).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coastal Region, Israel, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Byzantine-Islamic (Ca. 7th-12th C.A.D.)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356699
label: USNM Number
content: A526395-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Pot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 9.3 cm