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{
    "localId": "16136",
    "label": "Painted Fragment of a \"\"Tiraz\"\"",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.566"
}

{
    "id": "16136",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.566",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Painted Fragment of a \"\"Tiraz\"\"",
    "description": "This painted linen fragment is a \"tiraz,\" an official honorific inscription on textile. Such inscriptions combine verses from the Qur'an and pious invocations to God. This fragment is unusual in that the inscription is painted. There is only a small group of such painted linens, probably created by a foreign craftsman in Egypt during the early 10th century. The text here contains the \"basmala,\" the first verse of the Qur'an and the most fundamental praise to God: \". . . to him; victory from God and glory to him; blessing from God and glory to him; victory from God and glory. . . .\"",
    "provenance": "Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.566",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "textiles",
        "fragments",
        "costume"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.566_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.566_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.566_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 19.8,
            "height": 31.1,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 13/16 x W: 12 1/4 x D: 1/16 in. (19.8 x 31.1 x 0.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Fatimid",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] to him; victory from God and glory to him; blessing from God and glory to him; victory from God and glory",
    "med": "paint on linen",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182",
        "6768"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "TAF"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2114"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_83.566_Fnt_DD_AT20_18722-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "98b10e592232ae57"
}