Stamp
Object PlaceRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueClay
DimensionsHeight x width: 2.7 × 3.6 cm (1 1/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number35.813
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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)
17th century
17th century
late 17th century
early 14th century, probably 1310
17th century
1261–63 A.D./ 659–661 A.H.
1262 A.D./ 660 A.H.
about 1250
17th century
18th century
late 12th century
Islamic I (7th–10th century)