Lamp
13th century
Object PlaceRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H: 142
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number35.909
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Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
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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)
13th century
early 13th century
17th century
12–13th century
Islamic II (10th–12th century)
9th–11th century
early 13th century