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These brick fragments were once part of the extensive polychrome wall decoration of the palace complex at Susa (built ca. 521-ca. 360 B.C.), the ancient city revived in the Achaemenid period. Glazed bricks and tiles with colorful motifs had been widely used at Babylon, the conquered royal city in Mesopotamia, and could have served as a model for the Achaemenids at Susa.
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Title: Bricks with a palmette motif
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Geography: Iran, Susa
Culture: Achaemenid
Medium: Ceramic, glaze
Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (19.1 × 14 × 8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.98.20a–c
"Iranian Ceramics." Asia House, New York, October–December 1963.
“A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate.” Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, November 6, 2019–May 24, 2020.
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