Stucco Decoration, Samarra Style:
A style that tended towards the abstraction of scrolls, stems, and leaves that belonged to the decorative vocabulary of Antiquity. Following the degree of abstraction, three styles have been identified:

• Style A: vine-leave ornament bearing resemblance to the Hellenistic, naturalizing origin.
• Style B: vegetal ornament with some abstraction such as no stalks from which the leaves grow.
• Style C: moulded pattern, very abstract with a combination of vegetal and geometric motifs. Patterns are normally inscribed within borders.