Frieze elements 11th - 12th century Iran, Ahvaz cemetery Sandstone, carved decoration Iran, 1000 - 1200,The Ahvaz cemetery Ahvaz, near Susa, was the capital of Khuzistan (southwestern Iran) in the first centuries of Islam. It was then an important commercial center, connected to the port of Basra (south of Iraq) The text contains a funeral formula and Koranic passages.

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