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Source Description
The design consists of a broad five partite decorative band with geometric ornamentation in red, red and green, and yellow and dark blue, and a single line of Arabic text embroidered in red on the plain ecru linen cloth. This inscription, extremely damaged and fragmentary, has been deciphered only in part.
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Document identity
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113298
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Fragment of a Tiraz
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1
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113298
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object
title
Fragment of a Tiraz
description
The design consists of a broad five partite decorative band with geometric ornamentation in red, red and green, and yellow and dark blue, and a single line of Arabic text embroidered in red on the plain ecru linen cloth. This inscription, extremely damaged and fragmentary, has been deciphered only in part.
date
932–40
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80005818
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.)
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Egypt, Tunah, Ikhshidid period, Caliphate of al-Qahir or al-Radi, AH 320-329 (A.D. 932-940)
accession
1932.31
Source extras
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silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
tombstone
Fragment of a Tiraz, 932–40. Egypt, Tunah, Ikhshidid period, Caliphate of al-Qahir or al-Radi, AH 320-329 (A.D. 932-940). Silk embroidery on linen tabby ground; overall: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932.31
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Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
[In the name of God the Merci]ful, the Compassionate. Help from God to the servant of God Muhammad the imam al-. . . bi-Allah, Commander of the Believers, may God help him . . . in Tunah.
inscription_remark
The inscription, extremely damaged and fragmentary, has been deciphered only in part.
citations
citation
Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.), and Ernst Kühnel. <em>Catalogue of Dated Tiraz Fabrics: Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid.</em> Washington, DC: National Pub. Co, 1952.
page_number
p. 11
creditline
Gift of George D. Pratt
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2026-05-29 05:57:43.592000
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113298
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Textiles
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Textiles
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silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
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