EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialIncense Burner, Incense burner, 12th century, Found/excavated Iran, probably Hamadan, Bronze; pierced, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.14 cm), W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), D. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Wt. 17.9 oz. (507.513 g), Metal.
EditorialBowl, 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Attributed to Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; buff slip, decoration in black with touches of green and yellow, glazed, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.5 cm), Base: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCoin, ca. 3rd century B.C.3rd century A.D., Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Silver, Ht. 1/16 in. (0.2 cm), Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm), Wt. 0.08 oz. (2.27 g), Coins.
EditorialFragment of a saucer, painted with tulips, Fragment of a saucer of multi-colored majolica. The fragment is painted with tulips in the colors blue, orange and green. The fragment was excavated in London (Middlesex street)., anonymous, England, c. 1675 -...
EditorialBowl, late 8th?early 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware), H. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialBowl, Ubaid, mid 6th?5th millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Eridu (modern Abu Shahrein), Ubaid, Ceramic, 2 in. (5.08 cm), Ceramics-Vessels, The most common type of vessel excavated from graves of the Late Ubaid period at the southern Mesopotamian site of Er...
EditorialCoin, A.H. 333/A.D. 944, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Mint Iran, al-Muhammadiyya, Gold, Diam. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Coins, Minted in the year A.H. 333 at al-Muhammadiya, just after the Samanids had conquered the city, this gold coin names the prophet Muham...
EditorialBowl, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with monochrome slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialPlate, 10th?11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under transparent glaze (sgraffito ware), H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialDish, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under glaze, H. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialSpherical jar with four rows of painted decoration, Meroitic Period, 100 B.C.?A.D. 300, From Egypt and Sudan, Nubia, Pottery, paint, H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in), From both the technical and aesthetic point of view, the ceramics produced during the Meroitic p...
EditorialBowl, 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip, monochrome slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialFragment of a Bowl, late 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Attributed to Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent greenish glaze, incised, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCoin, A.H. 164/A.D. 780, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Gold, Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm), Coins, Issued during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, this gold dinar was minted in the year A.H. 164 (A.D. 780). The inscription on its obverse proclaims th...
EditorialBowl, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip decorated with black decoration, glazed, H. 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialBowl, 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Attributed to Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; slip-covered, opaque white glaze, splashed green glaze, H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm), Ceramics.