Object Number | 37-11-299 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Islamic | Buwayhid |
Provenience | Iran | Rayy |
Site Name | Rayy |
Archaeology Area | H12, ref W, D of exc. 43-30 |
Manufacture Location | Al-Muhammadiyah (uncertain) |
Period | Buwayhid Dynasty |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Billon |
Description | Billon. Oxided, cleaned, chipped, abraded, legends largely effaced. Dynasty: Buwayhid. Ruler: abu Talib b. before succession / Fakhr-ud-Daulah [i.e. Majd-ud-Daulah]. Caliph: Al-Ta'i [363-381: 974-991]. Dates of rule: 387-420/997-1029. Date: effaced. Mint effaced [prob. Al-Muhammadiyah]. |
Credit Line | The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt, 1937 |
Other Number | RH 6453 - Field No SF | ANS 1002.1.442 - Other Number |
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