A rare 900-year-old ceramic bowl was found in the ancient city

A 900-year-old ceramic ceremony was found at the Halan archaeological site in southeastern Türkiye. The bowl was fired three times to create a delicate colored gloss gloss gloss that gives it a metallic sheen. This is the first complete example of the luckyware found in Harlan, representing the peak of medieval Islamic ceramic craftsmanship in the region.

The bowl is about 8 inches deep and is carefully decorated with Arabic inscriptions on the inside and exterior, including the manufacturer’s name. The biggest text is the blue inscription at the bottom of the bowl. It reads: “He is the one who grants permanent honor.”

Harlan is one of the oldest settlements in the world. Archaeological remains from the Chalcolthic (5th millennium BC to the end of the 4th millennium BC to the 4th millennium BC) were found at the site, but in the text of the Ebla Kingdom in Syria, its name dates back to the 24th century BC and has been inhabited before that.

The bowl was founded in the excavation of Harlan University, the first Islamic higher education institution founded in 717 and attracted thousands of students to study in mathematics, philosophy, medicine, natural sciences, natural sciences, astrology and astronomy. Its strict scholarships have won internationally renowned scholarships, as have the university’s translations of Greek and Syrian ancient materials that played a role in spreading classical ancient knowledge through the Middle Ages. It was abandoned in 1271 when Haran was conquered by the Mongol invaders. Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–1520) of the Ottoman Empire tried to restore the university when conquering the region, but the second iteration only survived for a century.

Archaeologists discovered the first remains of the university in 2021. This history can be traced back to the 12th century. The team found 24 rooms above the building’s floor, a huge door with five rooms on it, a kitchen with brick and clay ovens and a porch.