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Fri 18 January - Sun 26 May 2013

Samarra - Centre of the World
101 Years of Archaeological Research on the Tigris

Bowl with zodiac decoration, found in Samarra, 9th c.
Faience with lustreware metallic glaze
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Georg Niedermeiser
Fragment of a wall tile, Millefiori glass, Samarra, 9th c.

© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Georg Niedermeiser
Painting fragment from the caliph’s palace, Samarra 9th c.,
Fresco on stucco

© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Jürgen Liepe
Great Mosque of Samarra, excavation photograph 1911-13

© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld
Niche wall from Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra, with carved stucco in ‘Samarra style’, excavation photograph 1911-13
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeld
legendNiche wall from Palace of Balkuwara, Samarra, with carved stucco in 'Samarra style', excavation photograph 1911-13
© Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ernst Herzfeldend of legend