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Source Description
A running figure clad in a short tunic, turban, and low boots is portrayed in this roundel. The figure holds in his right hand a string attached to a falcon which stands in the space beneath his outstretched left hand. In the upper background are foliate forms on long curving stems. The roundel is framed with a border decorated with a pseudo-inscription in deformed Kufic letters against a floriate background.
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Document identity
localId
129824
label
Roundel with figure
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object
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1
Source metadata
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129824
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object
title
Roundel with figure
description
A running figure clad in a short tunic, turban, and low boots is portrayed in this roundel. The figure holds in his right hand a string attached to a falcon which stands in the space beneath his outstretched left hand. In the upper background are foliate forms on long curving stems. The roundel is framed with a border decorated with a pseudo-inscription in deformed Kufic letters against a floriate background.
date
1000s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79911345
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
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Egypt, Fatimid period
accession
1952.255
Source extras
tec
Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
tombstone
Roundel with figure, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave; overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.255
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription_translation
The Arabic word for God, written in Naskhi, appears below the figure's left arm and repeats upside down in the other spaces around him.
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1
didYouKnow
The Arabic word for God, written in Naskhi, appears below the figure's left arm and repeats upside down in the other spaces around him.
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy. "Two Fatimid Tapestry Roundels." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>39, no. 8 (October 1952): 215-217.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 212; Mentioned: p. 215
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. 692
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. 214
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. 214
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. 270
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. 116, fig. 3.34; Mentioned: p. 116
citation
Akin, Esra. <em>Muthanna / History, Theory, and Aesthetics</em>. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 289, fig. C.3
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:41:54.753000
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129824
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
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