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Fragment of wall decoration

العنوان	Fragment of wall decoration
المؤلف	Unknown (makers)
تاريخ النشر:	836
مكان النشر	Samarra (made) -
الموضوع	Architectural Fittings Archaeology
النوع	أخرى
اللغة	غير محدد
رقمي	نعم
مخطوط	لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية	Height: 13.5cm, Width: 9.9-10.5cm, Depth: 2.2-4cm
المكتبة:	Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة	A.95-1922
رقم السجل	A.95-1922
موقع المكتبة	Middle East Section
التاريخ	836
ملاحظات	Fragment of a pictorial frieze, plaster, carved with the head of a camel, traces of blue pigment; Iraq (Samarra), 9th century.
نص عينة	Transliteration,
Tarihsel bağlam	Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. The sight chosen was about 125km upstream from Baghdad on the left bank of the Tigris. The founding of new cities was an important way of displaying values of kingship. Al-Mu'tasim ordered the construction of a planned city including a network of canals, streets, monumental mosques, palaces, gardens and racecourses. He also allocated land to military and court officials, who built richly decorated palace complexes and greatly increased the size of the city. His son and successor, Caliph al-Mutawakkil (r. 847-861) ordered the construction of the famous spiral minaret at the great mosque. Construction halted at Samarra in about 880 AD and later was abandoned by the Caliph and his court in 892. At 57 km2, Samarra is today the largest Islamic archaeological site in the world. The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved plaster and wall paintings on fine gypsum surfaces. Earlier Iranian (Sassanian) decorative styles influenced much of the carved plaster panels found at Samarra. The decoration was primarily based on vegetal forms but later developed into more abstract motifs. The wall paintings illustrate a wide range of subjects such as geometric patterns and courtly scenes with figurative representations of listening and playing music, banqueting and dancing. Depictions of animals, especially camels and birds also feature on fragments recovered from the site.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	plaster, moulded, carved and painted Plaster
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment of an ornamental architectural frieze carved in low relief with a camel's head in profile, plaster, applied to a plaster ground of different colour and texture, the surface of the background with traces of blue (probably lazurite) and black pigment around the edges where it was afixed to the wall panel. The camel's eye is carved as a low round disk with almond shaped lids and a hole drilled to indicate the pupil. Volume is suggested by the carved depiction of both nostrils. The plaster is whiter and more refined than other examples found in the excavations. The basic shape was formed in a mould, indicated on the reverse side with an impression in the centre where it was pressed in formation.
Üslup	Abbasid

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Fragment of wall decoration

المؤلف Unknown (makers)

تاريخ النشر 836

مكان النشر Samarra (made) -

الموضوع Architectural Fittings Archaeology

النوع أخرى

اللغة غير محدد

رقمي نعم

مخطوط لا

الأبعاد الفيزيائية Height: 13.5cm, Width: 9.9-10.5cm, Depth: 2.2-4cm

المكتبة Victoria and Albert Museum

معرف أصل المكتبة A.95-1922

رقم السجل A.95-1922

موقع المكتبة Middle East Section

التاريخ 836

ملاحظات Fragment of a pictorial frieze, plaster, carved with the head of a camel, traces of blue pigment; Iraq (Samarra), 9th century.

نص عينة Transliteration,

Tarihsel bağlam Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. The sight chosen was about 125km upstream from Baghdad on the left bank of the Tigris. The founding of new cities was an important way of displaying values of kingship. Al-Mu'tasim ordered the construction of a planned city including a network of canals, streets, monumental mosques, palaces, gardens and racecourses. He also allocated land to military and court officials, who built richly decorated palace complexes and greatly increased the size of the city. His son and successor, Caliph al-Mutawakkil (r. 847-861) ordered the construction of the famous spiral minaret at the great mosque. Construction halted at Samarra in about 880 AD and later was abandoned by the Caliph and his court in 892. At 57 km2, Samarra is today the largest Islamic archaeological site in the world. The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved plaster and wall paintings on fine gypsum surfaces. Earlier Iranian (Sassanian) decorative styles influenced much of the carved plaster panels found at Samarra. The decoration was primarily based on vegetal forms but later developed into more abstract motifs. The wall paintings illustrate a wide range of subjects such as geometric patterns and courtly scenes with figurative representations of listening and playing music, banqueting and dancing. Depictions of animals, especially camels and birds also feature on fragments recovered from the site.

Malzemeler ve teknikler plaster, moulded, carved and painted Plaster

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment of an ornamental architectural frieze carved in low relief with a camel's head in profile, plaster, applied to a plaster ground of different colour and texture, the surface of the background with traces of blue (probably lazurite) and black pigment around the edges where it was afixed to the wall panel. The camel's eye is carved as a low round disk with almond shaped lids and a hole drilled to indicate the pupil. Volume is suggested by the carved depiction of both nostrils. The plaster is whiter and more refined than other examples found in the excavations. The basic shape was formed in a mould, indicated on the reverse side with an impression in the centre where it was pressed in formation.

Üslup Abbasid