Artuqid Palace

Name of structure: Artuqid Palace
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Pool
Country or main area: Anatolia
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Diyarbakr
Date of structure: 13th century
Century of structure 1: 13 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Pool with a fountain in the centre of a courtyard, presumably originally set beneath a dome with a skylight.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

 Inlaid with glass mosaics and marble of various colours in geometric patterns.  

Date of mosaic: 13th century
Century of mosaic 1: 13 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Hillenbrand, Robert, Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994), p. 417
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