BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA GRENADE Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A cylindrical terracotta grenade with a lower body tapering to a pointed tip. The upper part gently rounds and culminates in a short neck with an overhanging lip. The central section is encircled by a central band of diagonal strokes flanked above and below by rows of impressed triangles alternating with small punched dots. For similar see: D. Nicolle, Medieval Islamic Fire Grenades: Further Evidence from a Military Context February 2017Journal of Islamic Archaeology 3(2):163-177, Figures n. 4-5-6. DOI:10.1558/jia.v3i2.32824 Size: 130mm x 90mm; Weight: 520g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.