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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BF.062
Alternate Identifier
B45.651
Subcollection
BF: Around Kerman, Iran
Description
This octagonal domed mausoleum is a very important monument, being the earliest extant example of a building with a masonry double dome. The dome chamber is located three kilometers east of Kerman. Most of the building is built in stone (rubble masonry), while baked brick is used for the dome. The exterior of the tomb is decorated with a series of niches-within-niche system. Bernard O’ Kane writes of the building as “one of the most imposing early Islamic mausoleums of Iran.”
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B45.651. No notes written on the slide or index.
Curator Notes
Due to a lack of inscriptions on the monument, an absolute date has not been identified.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kerman, Iran
Keywords
Seljuk, Mausoleum, Stone, Masonry, Dome, Arches, Pointed Arches
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