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Historical Archive: Bobrinsky bucket made by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad December 1163 (dated Muharram, 559 of the Hegira), Herat (Khurasan/Afghanistan) cast bronze with silver and copper inlay, 18.5 cm high (7.3 inches) Inscriptions in Persian and Arabic Vessel probably used for bathing Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum IR-2268 In captions below, registers are numbered from 1 to 7 beginning at the top of the object. full, centered on two conversing figures full, centered on lutenist and listener with bowl of fruit full, centered on bearded man and youth conversing full, centered on backgammon game and Tree of Life full, centered on pipe and harp players with person and other objects for scale from above registers 1-5, centered on drummers registers 1-4, centered on stick-players (fighters), register 4 partly obscured rim and registers 1-5, centered on seated man with tray of vessels and fruit, and harper; right side obscured registers 1-5, centered on backgammon game; on right Tree of Life with enthroned ruler in sunburst above rim and registers 1-5, centered on backgammon game, more to right registers 3-7 and base, centered on mounted archer and unmounted man with sword anthropomorphic and zoomorphic Naskh script, register 1 musicians, presenting flowers, conversation; and interwoven Kufic script: registers 2 and 3 backgammon players, register 2 drummer, stick-players (fighters), register 2 interwoven Kufic script, register 3 riders, register 4 dogs weaving through Naskh letters with human faces, register 5 seated figure in medallion with goblet, register 5 registers 6 and 7: strap work and animal band, and foot translated inscription around rim