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Stucco fragment
Findspot: 1934 / Plot: RT, Rayy, Iran
Medium/Technique
Gypsum
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D. 11
Credit Line
University Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession Number35.913
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
Located near Tehran, the capital of Iran, the city of Rayy was inhabited nearly continuously from the third millennium B.C.E. From the seventh through the sixteenth centuries, Rayy was an important political, scholarly, and artistic center of the early and medieval Islamic empires that ruled in the region. The city's strategic location also made it a nexus for trade. While the medieval city is no longer extant, Rayy's material culture illustrates the city's position as an economic, scientific, and literary cross-roads.
Provenance1934, excavated at Rayy (Cheshmeh Ali Tepe, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1935, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: June 6, 1935)