architecture

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Object Type
Museum number: OA+.10939
Description: Fragment. Curved fragment most probably from dome structure. Made of red, yellow-ochre, white, black painted stucco, plaster. Black lines depict half ovals - simplified mountain? Back has iron nail and fibrous reed impress as well as herringbone one.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 9thc
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Dar al-Khilafa, So-called 'harim' - part of the dome decoration.
Materials: stucco; plaster; reed; iron (nail)
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 18.40 centimetres; Thickness: 7.80 centimetres; Width: 19.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1921
Department: Middle East
Registration number: OA+.10939
Conservation

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