Roundel with radiating palmettes. Culture: Sasanian. Dimensions: 24 1/2 in., 80 lb. (62.2 cm). Date: ca. 6th century A.D..When this wheel-shaped window was excavated at the site of Ma'aridh II in the Ctesiphon area, it was in pieces, indicating that it fell from a height. It is decorated on only one side, with palmettes forming spokes that connect an inner and an outer ring of beads. Based on round windows found at contemporary monuments in Syria, the decorated side of the window may have faced outward. The occurrence of such windows at Ctesiphon provides evidence of the exchange of artistic ideas between Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean.The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in t

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Roundel with radiating palmettes. Culture: Sasanian. Dimensions: 24 1/2 in., 80 lb. (62.2 cm). Date: ca. 6th century A.D..When this wheel-shaped window was excavated at the site of Ma'aridh II in the Ctesiphon area, it was in pieces, indicating that it fell from a height. It is decorated on only one side, with palmettes forming spokes that connect an inner and an outer ring of beads. Based on round windows found at contemporary monuments in Syria, the decorated side of the window may have faced outward. The occurrence of such windows at Ctesiphon provides evidence of the exchange of artistic ideas between Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean.The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in t

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