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, stucco dado, 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, Geometric patterns, Foliation (pattern), Decoration and ornament, Islamic
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Item is Part of
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