Bab al-Amma
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Alternative Titles
Bab al 'Amma
Bab al Amma
Bab al-'Amma
Description
formal entrance to caliphal palace; triple iwan (portal) with pointed arches; brick construction; central iwan/vault forms a great liwan decorated with stucco ornament (Style A) drawing, ornament on intrados of frontal arch, 1989
Type of Work
GateSubject
Doorways, Palaces, Ruins, Gates, Stucco, Barrel vaults, Iwans, Samarra' (Iraq), Islam -- History, Architecture, Islamic --Iraq, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Decoration and ornament, Islamic, Vine scrolls, Foliation (pattern), Decoration and ornament, Islamic
Rights Statement
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Item is Part of
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