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Stucco window roundel from Ctesiphon
- Material
- Stucco
- Dimensions
- 24 1/2 in., 80 lb. (62.2 cm)
- Date as given by the source
- ca. 6th century CE
- Record number
- 32.150.1
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object · ca. 6th century CE
Stucco window roundel from Ctesiphon
A wheel-shaped window of stucco, decorated on one side only, found in pieces at the house Ma'aridh II in the Ctesiphon area. The museum dates it ca. 6th century CE and sees in it evidence of an exchange of artistic ideas between Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean.
- Region
- Mesopotamia
- Material
- Stucco
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York