Islamic Workshop 2 (early Islamic period) is located north of the rabad outside the defensive walls. Kiln 2-2 is quite large and has a grate supported by arches dividing the firebox from the firing chamber. The grate has not been preserved. Nonetheless, judging from the static system of arches which had supported it, the grate should have been of a considerable size and thickness. It is possible that the heating from the firebox flowed into the firing chamber through the interstices between the arches on the four sides. The firebox is particularly large, 3.76 m in width and 4.78 m in length without including the lateral walls; its height, calculated in the axis of the chamber, would exceed three metres. Its entry, located in the upper part of the firebox, is quite small. 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.
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