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Suadad Mashaan Hawas
suadadmas@gmail.com

Abstract

Through exploration of the walls of the royal cemetery and their ornamentations, the researcher found that this study had not been addressed by researchers before,، and due to the lack of scientific technical studies examining the arts of geometric ornamentations in the royal cemetery, the researcher formulated the research problem in the following question: What are the aspects of the geometric ornamentations in the royal cemetery? . The aim of the research is to reveal the features of the geometric ornamentations in the royal cemetery within the spatial boundaries represented by (Iraq/Baghdad). The theoretical framework of the research included the following topics: The first section is a summary of the royal cemetery. The second section shows the diversity of geometric ornamentations in the royal cemetery, in addition to the types of geometric lines، and the types of vocabulary of geometric shapes and star plates. The third section included elements of Islamic architectural leadership with the material of implementation (brick and wood). The researcher arrived at a set of indicators from the theoretical framework that he adopted in designing a tool.

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Hawas, S. M. (2024). Aspects of Geometrical Ornamentations in the Royal cemetery. Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities, 31(11), 256–275. https://doi.org/10.25130/jtuh.31.11.2024.16
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