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Zamora pyxis (964). Cylindrical box with a conical lid attached by a silver hinge. It was commissioned by Caliph Al-Hakam II (915-976) for his concubine, Subh, mother of Prince 'Abd al-Rahman, as indicated in the Kufic script. The whole piece is decorated with arabesques, serrated, ringed leaves and palmettes, interspersed with pairs of peacocks, gazelles and birds. Made in the ivory workshops of Madinat al-Zahra in 353 after Hijra (964 AD), under the direction of Durri as-Saghir. Ivory. From the Cathedral of Zamora, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Zamora pyxis (964). Cylindrical box with a conical lid attached by a silver hinge. It was commissioned by Caliph Al-Hakam II (915-976) for his concubine, Subh, mother of Prince 'Abd al-Rahman, as indicated in the Kufic script. The whole piece is decorated with arabesques, serrated, ringed leaves and palmettes, interspersed with pairs of peacocks, gazelles and birds. Made in the ivory workshops of Madinat al-Zahra in 353 after Hijra (964 AD), under the direction of Durri as-Saghir. Ivory. From the Cathedral of Zamora, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Zamora pyxis (964). Cylindrical box with a conical lid attached by a silver hinge. It was commissioned by Caliph Al-Hakam II (915-976) for his concubine, Subh, mother of Prince 'Abd al-Rahman, as indicated in the Kufic script. The whole piece is decorated with arabesques, serrated, ringed leaves and palmettes, interspersed with pairs of peacocks, gazelles and birds. Made in the ivory workshops of Madinat al-Zahra in 353 after Hijra (964 AD), under the direction of Durri as-Saghir. Ivory. From the Cathedral of Zamora, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Album / Prisma
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2953 x 4105 px | 34.7 MB
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25.0 x 34.8 cm | 9.8 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
10 CENTURY • 10TH CENTURY • 353 AH • 964 AD • 964 • AL ANDALUS • AL HAKEN II • AL-ANDALUS • AL-HAKAM II • AL-HAKAM • AL-HAKEN II • ALPHABET • ARAB • ARABE • ARABESQUE • ARABESQUES • ARABIAN • ARABIC • ART • ARTS • ATAURIQUE • BARGE • BIRD • BIRDS • BOAT • BONNET • BOX • BROACH • BROOCH • CALIPH • CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA • CALIPHATE • CAP • CARVERS • CARVING • CASKET • CASTILE AND LEON • CASTILLA-LEON • CATHEDRAL OF ZAMORA • CHEST • CLIP • COFFER • CONCUBINE • CONIC • CONICA • CONICAL • CORDOBA • CORDOVA • COVER • CUFIC • CYLINDRIC • CYLINDRICAL • DECOR • DECORATED • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DEDICATION • DONATION • DURRI AS-SAGHIR • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • EMIRATE OF CORDOBA • EPIC • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • EPOCA MEDIEVAL • FAVORITE • FIBULA • GACELA • GAZELLE • GAZELLES • GIFT • GIFTS • HAT • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • HINGE • INSCRIPTION • ISLAM • ISLAMIC • ISLAMICA • ISLAMISM • IVORY CARVING • IVORY • KUFIC SCRIPT • KUFIC • LEAF • LEAVE • LEAVES • LEGEND • LID • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL PERIOD • MEDIEVAL TIMES • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MOYEN AGE • MUSLIM • NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. MADRID. SPAIN. • OBJECT • OBJECTS • OMEYA • OMEYAS • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PALMETTE • PALMETTES • PEACOCK • PEACOCKS • PRESENT (GIFT) • PRESENT • PYXIS • REGISTRATION • RINGED LEAVES • SCRIPT • SERRATED LEAVES • SHIP • SILVER HINGE • SILVER • SPAIN • SPANISH • SUBH • TENTH CENTURY • THEATER BOX • THEATRE BOX • UMAYYAD DYNASTY • UMAYYAD STATE OF CORDOBA • UMAYYAD • UMBRELLA • VESSEL • WRITING • ZAMORA BOAT • ZAMORA CATHEDRAL • ZAMORA PYXIS • ZAMORA