Planning Sāmarrā': A Report for 1983-4

Jazīrat al-Ḥulayla — early Julfār

“…142 The tradition was continued into the Sasanian period when it possibly began to be more thickly glazed. 143 The ware is present on a number of Islamic-period sites such as Samarra', 144 Siraf, 145 al-Qusur, 148 'All, 147 and Susa where the sequence shows clearly that it was in use until the end of the 9th century. 148 A distinction should be made, however, between the ware described here and a sub-division of it; the so-called "Sasanian-Islamic" vessels which are distinguished by underglaze applied decoration 149 and which are now normally dated to the 8th/9th century A.D. 160 Such vessels do not occur on Hulayla.…”

Survey and Excavations at Sāmarrā' 1989

“…15) come from a pit (337) in NIB. This group is tentatively dated to the 11th century because: a) the pit was cut in the post-Samarran Abbasid period (see above), and was almost certainly used for a while before Northedge 1985. Northedge andFalkner 1987.…”