Before the Roses and Nightingales: Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Old Shiraz
- ISBN-10
- 0870993895
- ISBN-13
- 9780870993893
- Category
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Donald S. Whitcomb
Description
The largest structure was a great vaulted hall, made of stones set in plaster. On either side of the hall massive rectangular piers formed side aisles. One end of the hall was open to the sky; the other held a central niche and a ...
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- 2012-10-28
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
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