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Left section of Blue Room long wall
Sogdian mural from Panjakent, c.740AD
Title: Mural Painting "Rustemiada". Blue Hall
Place: Tajikistan, Penjikent
Date: first half of the 8th century
Technique: glue colours on loess ground
The Rustam frieze from Panjikent, Room 41/VI, now on display in the State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg. Photo: Ursula Sims-Williams.
Picture source: In pictures Eight and ninth century stories of the Persian hero Rustam