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    "localId": "150905",
    "label": "Tiraz with guilloche bands",
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}

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    "id": "150905",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tiraz with guilloche bands",
    "date": "1100s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.291",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 27 x 63.2 cm (10 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Fatimid period"
    ],
    "accession": "1982.291"
}

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    "tec": "plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk",
    "tombstone": "Tiraz with guilloche bands, 1100s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 27 x 63.2 cm (10 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.291",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "the top inscription band consists of a repetition over and over of the words: \"nasr min Allah (victory is from God.)\"  The lower inscripton band reads:  \"Bism Allah al-rahman al-rahim la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharik lahu 'izz min Allah nasr min Allah nasr min Allah barakah Muhammad rasul Allah 'Ali wali Allah sallá Allah 'alayhim[a. . . (In the name of God the merciful, the Compassionate.  There is no god but God along; there is no one associated with Him.  Glory is from God.  Victory is from God.  Victory is from God.  Blessing.  Muhammad is the apostle of God; Ali is the true friend of God, may God bless the[m. . .].\""
        }
    ],
    "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. 118, fig. 3.36; Mentioned: P. 117"
        },
        {
            "citation": "O'Kane, Bernard. \"The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times.\" In <em>The World of the Fatimids</em>. Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren, ed. Toronto: Aga Khan Museum in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies and Hirmer, 2018",
            "page_number": "Mentioned & Reproduced: p. 186"
        },
        {
            "citation": "McWilliams, Mary, and Jochen A. Sokoly. Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 108-109"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.291",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:47:27.382000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.291/1982.291_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 150905,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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