Termez. Workshop 11. Kiln 1

3D Model

Islamic Workshop 11 (early Islamic period) is located North-west of the rabad and north of the shahristan outside the defensive walls. The kiln has two chambers: a firebox, and a firing chamber, and divided from the firebox by a very thick grate, whose diameter is between 2.61 and 2.75 m. Each chamber has its own access, that of the firebox is underground, while the entrance to the firing chamber is at the same level of the grate. The grate has three concentric circles of 11, 10 and 3 holes respectively, through which the heating passes from the firebox into the firing chamber. A large hole has been found just in the centre of the grate. The larger central hole is possibly related to a slight technological change in the firing process of ceramics. Agnese Fusaro, Josep Maria Gurt Esparraguera, Enrique Ariño Gil, Paula Uribe Agudo, Jorge Angás Pajas, Shakir R. Pidaev (forthcoming) Islamic ancient Termez: an active and long-established ceramic manufacturing centre along the Silk road