Abbasid Wooden Doors These ninth-century wooden doors are thought to come from Samarra, a city about 125 miles upstream from Baghdad, which briefly served as the capital in the ninth century. (Doors, pair, Abbasid Period, 9th century. Carved wood. Fletcher Fund, 1931 [31.119.1.2] [31.119.1, 31.119.2]. Photo: Schecter Lee/The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA/Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Image source: Art Resource, NY)