Plaque of arrow-shape, pale green-tinted glass (now iridized), carved with 'tamgaha' type sign.

Arrow-shaped greenish glass plaque decorated in the bevelled style with a 'tamgha' type sign consisting of concentric circles in relief with a small cone-shaped finial at the top and below a three-pronged fork pointing downwards. The exterior border is engraved and extends around four sides, but not the shorter two sides at the bottom. There are two holes pierced in the engraved border for affixation or suspension. The glass is iridized giving it an opaque quality, however it may have originally been of clear glass. There is an old repair on the lower right hand sectionwhich has yellowed and is possibly a resinous material as filler.

The research, cataloguing and digitisation of the V&A's Samarra collection has been made possible by a pilot project grant from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (2013).

Purchased from Dr. Mohammed Yeganeh, an Iranian dealer resident in Frankfurt (Nominal File MA/1/Y58).
It was reportedly found in Gonbad-e Kabus, Jurjan.

Images in Samarra 15 – glass. Nominal File images in A.67-1967 file.

Stylistically fits with the 9th century bevelled style from Samarra and Fustat.

C.67-1967