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Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

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Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Edward C. Moore Collection Bequest of Edward C. Moore 1891
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Title: Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
Description:
Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver.

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