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Source Description
This complete loom piece was woven to cover a human corpse: at the top, a circle to cover the head; below, a long tapering shape for the body. The only decoration on the dark brown ground consists of Kufic inscriptions reserved in beige on bands. The text which was undoubtedly composed for the decoration of a funeral pall gives the name of the deceased in the circle around the top. Other inscriptions refer to the part of the body over which the decoration lies.
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Document identity
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132296
label
Tomb Cover
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object
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132296
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object
title
Tomb Cover
description
This complete loom piece was woven to cover a human corpse: at the top, a circle to cover the head; below, a long tapering shape for the body. The only decoration on the dark brown ground consists of Kufic inscriptions reserved in beige on bands. The text which was undoubtedly composed for the decoration of a funeral pall gives the name of the deceased in the circle around the top. Other inscriptions refer to the part of the body over which the decoration lies.
date
1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80024224
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 210.2 x 102.5 cm (82 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.)
cul
Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
accession
1954.78
Source extras
tec
compound tabby; silk
tombstone
Tomb Cover, 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Compound tabby; silk; overall: 210.2 x 102.5 cm (82 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1954.780
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
Maghfirah min al-Rahman al-Rahim lil-'abd al-'asi 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Shahrazad bin Rastawayh al-Isbahani
inscription_translation
Forgiveness [be] from the Merciful, the Compassionate to the disobedient servant 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Shahrazad bin Rastawayh al-Isbaha-ni.
inscription
Allahumma bayyid wajhi yawm taswaddu fihi al-wujuh wa-la'alla-ni [or la'alli] tujilluni yawm al-'ar
inscription_translation
Oh God, whiten my face on the day when faces are blackened, and perhaps Thou wilt honor me on the day of dishonor.
inscription
Allahumma thabbit qalbi 'alá dinaka bi-haqq Muhammad wa-alihi
inscription_translation
Oh God, fix my heart firmly in Thy religion by virtue of Muhammad and his family.
inscription
Allahumma inni awda'tuka bi-qalbi hadha al-iqrar bika wa-bi-al-nabi Muhammad sallá Allah 'alayhi wa-alihi wa-al-a'immah 'alayhim al-salam wa-anta khayr mustawda' tarid 'alá waqt su'al Munkir wa-Nakir bi-rahmatika ya arham al-rahimin
inscription_translation
Oh God, I have deposited with Thee my heart. This is the recognition of Thee and of the Prophet Muhammad (God bless him and his family) and the imams (upon them be peace). For Thou art the best repository; Thou arrivest, at the time of the questioning by Munkir and Nakir, with Thy mercy, Oh most Merciful of the Merciful.
inscription
Allahumma a'tini kitabi bi-yamini wa-hasibni hisaban yasiran
inscription_translation
Oh, God, give me my book in my right hand and give me an easy reckoning.
inscription
Allahumma la tu'tini kitabi bi-shimali wa-la taj'alha maghlulah ilá 'unuqi
inscription_translation
Oh God, do not give me my book in my left hand, and do not cause it to be chained around my neck.
inscription
Allahumma thabbit qadami 'alá al-sirat
inscription_translation
Oh God, fix my feet firmly on the road.
inscription
yawm tazill fihi al-aqdam
inscription_translation
on the day when feet slip on it.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 676
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 215
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 215
citation
Jones, Dalu and George Michell. <em>The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976</em>. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 7, p. 76
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 272
citation
Thomson, Nancy. <em>The Heritage of Islam: Notes</em>. London: PCET, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 32, p. 50
citation
Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 22 (1992): 1-41.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 35; Mentioned: p. 15
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 154, fig. 4c; Mentioned: P. 154-155
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:49:07.501000
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132296
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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compound tabby; silk
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