Name/Title
Carved Dead Sea Stong inkwell with lidEntry/Object ID
100432Scope and Content
(AI)
Object: Antique carved Dead Sea stone (bitumen) inkwell with lid. This object is a 19th to early 20th-century souvenir jar (or inkwell/vessel) carved from Dead Sea stone (often referred to historically as "bituminous limestone" or local black asphalt/rock from the Dead Sea region).
Material & Construction:
Carved from dense, dark bituminous limestone (commonly called "Dead Sea Stone" or hajar Musa / Moses stone), which polishes to a smooth, slate-black finish.
Features a pedestal foot, a globular body carved with low-relief geometric or floral patterns, and a fitted domed lid with a turned finial.
Inscriptions:
Upper rim block-lettering reads: "...FROM THE DEAD SE..." (completing as "STONE FROM THE DEAD SEA").
