Name: Inkwell
Description: Small cylindrical inkwell with seven holes, also cylindrical, which must have been used to hold ink. In between these reservoirs there are smaller carved openings with the approximate shape of an inverted pyramid.
Chronology: Second half of the 12th century / first half of the 13th century
Dimensions: height 20mm, width 70mm
Provenance: Citadel of the Castle of Mértola
Location: Museum of Mértola – Islamic Centre
SILVÉRIO, Carla Alexandra Serapicos de Brito - Representações da realeza na cronística medieval portuguesa : a dinastia de Borgonha. Lisboa : Colibri, 2004. 178, [1] p.
COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL DU CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, 1990 - L'Europe héritière de l'Espagne wisigothique: colloque international du CNRS tenu à la Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris, 14-15 mai 1990) : actes. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 1992. 443, [3] p. ISBN 84-86839-33-5
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MAÇARICO, Luís Filipe - A mão que protege e a mão que chama: orientalismo e efabulação em torno de um objecto simbólico do mediterrâneo. Supervised by Cláudio Torres and Luís Filipe Oliveira. Faro: [s. n.], 2011. 142, [23] p. Master’s dissertation on Islamic Portugal and the Mediterranean, History section, presented to the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of the Algarve and to Mértola’s Archaeological Field.
MATTOSO, José – Levantar o céu: os labirintos da sabedoria. Lisboa: Temas e Debates: Círculo de Leitores, 2012. ISBN 978-989-644-189-0
In August 2012, Mértola’s Archaeological Site, in collaboration with the Municipality of Mértola, will conduct another excavation campaign in the Citadel of the Castle of Mértola with the involvement of volunteers.
The excavation campaign will have two rounds of two weeks each, with volunteers from several Portuguese universities.
At the time there are still some vacancies.
The Scientific Repository of CAM, whose fundamental objective is to store, preserve and disseminate the scientific output of the institution in digital format has, at this time, 100 deposits and 2151 downloads, only in the current year.
This means that CAM provides 100 full-text documents, in open access, for all users and without cost, thus contributing to reaffirm its scientific relevance, fruit of its research activity in the last thirty years.
The inauguration of the Alcaria dos Javazes Museum Centre takes place on 21 June at 18:00 local time. As part of the Museum of Mértola, the new Centre is yet another hallmark of the Municipality’s cultural heritage.