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Source Description
The dominant gold ground of a tripartite band displays horned bovines with cloven hooves alternating with stylized palmette trees flanked by opposing lines of text on the dark blue linen ground. The historical inscription is written in kufic script with elongated bowls of the lower letters. The text and epigraphy indicate a date during the caliphate of al-Zahir (r. 1020–35).
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Document identity
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150675
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Tiraz with gold
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150675
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object
title
Tiraz with gold
description
The dominant gold ground of a tripartite band displays horned bovines with cloven hooves alternating with stylized palmette trees flanked by opposing lines of text on the dark blue linen ground. The historical inscription is written in kufic script with elongated bowls of the lower letters. The text and epigraphy indicate a date during the caliphate of al-Zahir (r. 1020–35).
date
1020–35
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79933228
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Textile
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
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Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035
accession
1982.109
Source extras
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plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
tombstone
Tiraz with gold, 1020–35. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.109
collection
Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
Lower line (inverted): "[In] the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but Allāh alone."
Upper line: "[son of the imam al-Haki]m bi-amr-Allāh, Commander of the Faithful, God's benedictions."
citations
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. 104, fig. 3.20: Mentioned: P. 105, 215
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:46:21.917000
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150675
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Textiles
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Textiles
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plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
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