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Bricks with a palmette motif

ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Not on view
These brick fragments were once part of the extensive polychrome wall decoration of the palace complex at Susa (built ca. 521-ca. 360 B.C.), the ancient city revived in the Achaemenid period. Glazed bricks and tiles with colorful motifs had been widely used at Babylon, the conquered royal city in Mesopotamia, and could have served as a model for the Achaemenids at Susa.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bricks with a palmette motif
  • Period: Achaemenid
  • Date: ca. 6th–4th century BCE
  • Geography: Iran, Susa
  • Culture: Achaemenid
  • Medium: Ceramic, glaze
  • Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (19.1 × 14 × 8.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.98.20a–c
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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