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What's on
Servicemenü
Exhibition - Picture Gallery
Hauptbereich
Pergamonmuseum
Fri 18 January - Sun 26 May 2013
Samarra - Centre of the World
101 Years of Archaeological Research on the Tigris
| Bowl with zodiac decoration, found in Samarra, 9th c. Faience with lustreware metallic glaze © Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Georg Niedermeiser |
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| Fragment of a wall tile, Millefiori glass, Samarra, 9th c. © Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Georg Niedermeiser |
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| Painting fragment from the caliph’s palace, Samarra 9th c., Fresco on stucco © Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Jürgen Liepe |
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| Great Mosque of Samarra, excavation photograph 1911-13 © Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld |
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| Niche wall from Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra, with carved stucco in ‘Samarra style’, excavation photograph 1911-13
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld |
Niche wall from Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra, with carved stucco in 'Samarra style', excavation photograph 1911-13
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld