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    "localId": "13135",
    "label": "Tiraz fragment with embroidered patterns and script",
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    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.611"
}

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    "id": "13135",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.611",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tiraz fragment with embroidered patterns and script",
    "description": "The motifs embroidered on a plain woven undyed linen cloth are largely geometric patterning including crosses, stepped motifs, and meanders. Two narrow bands in the overall matrix of pattern bear inscriptions in a kind of square Kufic script, which repeats and is mirrored.",
    "date": "13th-14th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.611",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "fragments",
        "textile"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.1,
            "height": 14.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (12.1 x 14.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "Linen with purple or dark brown embroidery (wool?)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182",
        "6768"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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