Could this pottery shard be a 1k-year-old hand grenade?

It seems chronologically plausible that Chinese grenade making found it's way to the Middle East by then. But I think the subtitle of the article overstates the case: "Residue analysis suggests it was a grenade but can't completely rule out other uses."

The rest of the article says they found residue that might have been explosives, but might also have been medicine, perfume, or some other sort of oily substance. The article says they examined a few different fragments and concluded those those were likely not explosives. The size, shape, thickness and unadorned nature of fragment #737 seems like the strongest evidence of it being a grenade while the chemical analysis seems inconclusive, contrary to the subtitle.

> "Matheson et al. noted that this suggests plant oils, glycerol, and animal fats, consistent with the vessel being used to hold oils, perfumes, or medicines and as a fuel source for a weapon or a lamp. It may have had multiple uses, but the authors think the possibility it was used as a grenade is worth serious consideration."

Perhaps from the holy hand grenade of Antioch? Was there a rabbit nearby?

Immature and lazy, but all I could think of, when reading the title, is Elden Ring.