Photo ID: GA0004
Site: Firuzabad
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Description: Rectangular halls in Ardashir’s palace were roofed with domes constructed of rubble and gypsum mortar. This exceptionally strong and resilient dome rested on a transitional zone that transformed the rectangular walls of the room into a circular base for the cupola through the use of a small arch, the squinch, built above the four corners of the walls. This modest invention was eventually elaborated, and magnificently embellished with colored mosaics and tiles, in the later domes of Islamic Iran.
Photo Source: K. Schippman slide
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Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz