Yazar
Unknown (makers)
Basım Yeri
Iraq (made) -
Konu
Architectural Fittings Archaeology
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 40cm, Width: 34cm, Depth: 12cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
A.66-1922
Kayıt Numarası
A.66-1922
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
This lozenge-shaped stucco fragment possibly formed part of a frieze on the ceiling around the base of a wooden dome. The decoration was carved and incised while the plaster was still damp. It was apparently found in House XIII, no. 11, ornament no. 172 (Herzfeld 1923). Herzfeld categorises this under his first style, the last category of the so-called bevelled style (Creswell's Style C), but calls it 'Freies Deckenmuster' or 'a free pattern', as if he was not quite sure where to place it. He adds that like ornament no. 171 - a dado in the domed room in the 'harim' at Dar al-Khalifa - there were alternating blue and red highlights inside the deep holes in the pearls. Leisten (2003) suggests that some of these pieces were treated with shellac on site to preserve them, and this probably was done at sometime, judging by its yellowish colour. However, in Herzfeld's report dated 12 September 1921 written to the Colonial Secretary after he had gone through all the finds in the British Museum and a propos of the carved stucco.
Örnek Metin
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, carved and incised Plaster
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment, plaster, from a frieze of a large lozenge-shaped boss decorated wwith incised and carved in low-relief with a design centering a fluted foliate device or 'fleur-de-lys' beneath a partial teadrop motif with semi-circular beadwork and above a raised triangular panel, the whole edged with a 'pearl' border. Covered with a varnish after excavations. Herzfeld's red inventory number I-N 218 on object.
Üslup
Abbasid
