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Mudhif - Reed Vaulted House

Marsh Arab (Maʻdān) Culture; first written record, 9th century C.E. but origin date unknown; vaulted houses with arches, beams, purlins, and roofing made from bundled local reeds bent into arches, located on artifial islands of reeds and mud, in the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers marshes, south and east present-day Iraq.

Elevation is c. 6 meters (19.69 feet) above sea level.

Construction materials: bundled and woven and tied reeds forming arches and cross purlins; woven reed mats form the building envelope, some which ar woven with perforations to allow light and ventillation. Front and back vertical columns are also bundled reed mats.

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