Sphero-conical Vessels _ Journal of Islamic Archaeology _ Special issue

Journal of Islamic Archaeology Special iSSue Sphero-conical Vessels GueSt editor Stéphane Pradines JIA v3i2.indb 1 11/02/2017 12:00:26 Journal of Islamic Archaeology Volume 3, Number 2 December 2016 Contents Introduction 153 The Sphero-conical Vessel: A Dificult Interpretation between Historical Sources and Archaeology Stéphane Pradines Articles Medieval Islamic Fire Grenades: Further Evidence from a Military Context 163 David Nicolle A Note on “Grenades” as Fire-Starter Flasks 179 Donald Whitcomb Note on a Use of Sphero-conical Vessels in Mamluk Era Damascus 187 Elodie Vigouroux Sphero-conical Vessels from the Ayyubid Wall in Cairo: A Typology (11th-15th c.) Julie Monchamp 195 Sphero-conical Vessels from Baalbek: A Diverse and Challenging Collection 209 Valentina Vezzoli A Late Military Use of the Sphero-conical in the 19th Century Sudan Stéphane Pradines 233 Book Reviews Recherches archéologiques à Adoulis (Érythrée), by F. Anfray and C. Zazzaro 243 Reviewed by Tim Insoll JIA v3i2.indb 3 11/02/2017 12:00:26 iv Qurʾans of the Umayyads: A First Overview, by François Déroche Contents 246 Reviewed by Sarah Bowen Savant Fustat I under the direction of Roland-Pierre Gayraud Bone Carvings from FustatIstab ʿAntar. Excavations of the Institut français d’archéologie orientale in Cairo (1985-2003), by Elzbieta Rodziewicz Reviewed by Myriam Wissa 249 Persian Archery and Swordsmanship: Historical Martial Arts of Iran, by Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani Reviewed by Denys Toichkin 252 The Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-modern Islamic Society, by Adrian Gully Reviewed by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya 255 Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion, by Robert Hales Reviewed by Bede Dwyer 258 The Medieval Nile: Route, Navigation and Landscape in Islamic Egypt, by John Cooper Reviewed by Stéphane Pradines 261 The Archaeology of Medieval Spain 1100–1500, edited by Magdalena Valor and Avelino Guitiérrez Reviewed by Rebecca Bridgman 265 A Crusader, Ottoman, and Early Modern Aegean Archaeology: Built Environment and Domestic Material Culture in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Cyclades, Greece (13th–20th Century AD), by Athanasios K. Vionis Reviewed by George Manginis 267 Note Chinese Ware in Islamic Tiberias David Stacey 269 In Memorium Juan Zozaya Stabel-Hansen 271 Manuel Retuerce Velasco, translated into English by Jose Carvajal Lopez JIA v3i2.indb 4 11/02/2017 12:00:26