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Mosaic fragment

Title	Mosaic fragment
Author	Unknown (makers)
Publication Date:	836
Publication Place	Mediterranean basin (made) -
Subject	Mosaic Glass
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 0.6-1.1cm, Width: 0.6-1.1cm, Depth: 0.6-1.1cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	A.59-1922
Record ID	A.59-1922
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	836
Notes	Thirty-six (36) cube-shaped glass tesserae for wall-mosaic work; Eastern Mediterranean Coast, 9th century. Found in Samarra. Stored in their original paper box, inscribed with Herzfeld's I-N number '954' in red pigment.
Sample Text	Transliteration,
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Glass, moulded
Fiziksel açıklama	Thirty-six (36) tesserae moulded in the shape of cubes, natron-based (sodium carbonate or soda ash) glass, tinted manganese black, cobalt blue and yellow, probably from lead antimonate, green and turquoise. Some are decorated with gold leaf. Overtime the shapes have become irregular. Stored in their original paper box, inscribed with Herzfeld's I-N number '954' in red pigment.
Üslup	Abbasid

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Mosaic fragment

Author Unknown (makers)

Publication Date 836

Publication Place Mediterranean basin (made) -

Subject Mosaic Glass

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 0.6-1.1cm, Width: 0.6-1.1cm, Depth: 0.6-1.1cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID A.59-1922

Record ID A.59-1922

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 836

Notes Thirty-six (36) cube-shaped glass tesserae for wall-mosaic work; Eastern Mediterranean Coast, 9th century. Found in Samarra. Stored in their original paper box, inscribed with Herzfeld's I-N number '954' in red pigment.

Sample Text Transliteration,

Malzemeler ve teknikler Glass, moulded

Fiziksel açıklama Thirty-six (36) tesserae moulded in the shape of cubes, natron-based (sodium carbonate or soda ash) glass, tinted manganese black, cobalt blue and yellow, probably from lead antimonate, green and turquoise. Some are decorated with gold leaf. Overtime the shapes have become irregular. Stored in their original paper box, inscribed with Herzfeld's I-N number '954' in red pigment.

Üslup Abbasid