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Object PlaceRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueUnglazed ceramic (earthenware)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 12.2 × 6.5 cm (4 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number35.799
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Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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Located near Tehran, the capital of Iran, the city of Rayy was inhabited nearly continuously from the third millennium B.C.E. From the seventh through the sixteenth centuries, Rayy was an important political, scholarly, and artistic center of the early and medieval Islamic empires that ruled in the region. The city's strategic location also made it a nexus for trade. While the medieval city is no longer extant, Rayy's material culture illustrates the city's position as an economic, scientific, and literary cross-roads.
Provenance1934, excavated at Rayy (Cheshmeh Ali Tepe, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1935, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: June 6, 1935)
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Islamic I (7th–10th century)
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Islamic I (7th–10th century)
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Islamic I or II (7th–12th century)
Islamic I (7th–10th century)
Islamic I or II (7th–12th century)
Islamic I (7th–10th century)
Islamic I (7th–10th century)
Islamic I (7th–10th century)