Wall panel with wings and a Pahlavi device encircled by pearls, Sasanian, ca. 6th century A.D., Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon, Sasanian, Stucco, H. 15 3/8 x W. 16 1/4 in. (39 x 41.3 cm), Stucco-Reliefs-Inscribed, Beginning in the 5th century, monograms became popular motifs used in the mold-made stucco wall panels that decorated the palaces and houses of the Sasanian elite, and many had symbolic meanings. This panel from the iwan (vaulted hall) of a large house at Umm ez-Za’tir, near the Taq-i Kisra at Ctesiphon, features a group of letters in the Persian script and a lunar crescent above symmetrical feathered wings and encircled by pearls: the motif very likely had protective significance
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Wall panel, wings, Pahlavi device encircled, pearls, Sasanian, ca, 6th century .D, Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon, Stucco, H, 15 3/8 x W, 16 1/4, 39 41.3 cm, Stucco-Reliefs-Inscribed, 5th century, monograms, popular motifs, mold, stucco wall panels, decorated, palaces, houses, Sasanian elite, symbolic meanings, panel, iwan, vaulted hall, large house, Umm ez-Za’tir, Taq, Kisra, features, group, letters, Persian script, lunar crescent, symmetrical feathered, encircled, motif, protective significance
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