The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Sherd

Sherd

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Sherd

Period:: Sasanian–early Islamic
Date:: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
Geography:: Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon
Culture:: Sasanian or Islamic
Medium:: Ceramic
Dimensions:: 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in. (8 x 7.8 x 0.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession Number:: 32.150.420

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Provenance

1931–32, excavated by the Joint Expedition of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired by the Museum in 1932, ceded in the division of finds.
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Sasanian (1,012)
What
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