Suchergebnisse

The article deals with the construction ceramics of Gabala in the XI-XIII centuries, including samples of tiles, bricks, tiles, pottery pipes and their main characteristics. Typological and analytical methods were used to study the samples found during the research, and the information and materials obtained from the archeological research reports were thoroughly analyzed by comparison.
Construction ceramics has not been a separate field of research in the medieval city of Gabala, which has a special place in Azerbaijani historiography. Therefore, the relevance of the article is to determine the current state of construction ceramics for the period, the general level of development of the art of construction and the main characteristics.
It is important to study the technology of making tiles used in the roofing of buildings, bricks used in masonry, tiles used to decorate the walls and pottery pipes used in the construction of water lines in the city, their shape and size.
If we look at the shape of the tiles, most of the patterns have a protrusion in the middle. Bricks were widely used in construction because they were cheaper. The main raw material for making bricks was clay. The abundance of clay deposits in the ancient city of Gabala created ample conditions for the production of bricks here. It is noteworthy that during archeological excavations in Gabala in 2009, two bathrooms were discovered. One of the rooms was replaced by baked bricks and the other by pottery.
In the XI-XIII centuries, tiles were widely used by craftsmen as a decorative material in construction. Tiles were mainly used in mosques, baths, palaces and other public buildings. Floral drawings were also made on the tiles of different colors. Such images gave a new shape to the appearance of the building.
In Gabala, pottery was widely used in the construction ceramics of the time for the construction of water lines. The use of a potter's wheel by craftsmen in the manufacture of pottery and the perfect development of water pipes was a great achievement. When the pipeline was laid, the pipes were fastened to each other with lime mortar. The pottery pipes, one of which was inserted into the other, were durable and did not leak water.