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Source Description
This fragment is one of several that may have come from a tomb in the Caucasus (the region between the Black and Caspian seas). The design displays rows of eight-pointed stars, here with a rooster on a blue ground, alternating with striped pointed crosses.
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Document identity
localId
149027
label
Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
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object
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1
Source metadata
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149027
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object
title
Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
description
This fragment is one of several that may have come from a tomb in the Caucasus (the region between the Black and Caspian seas). The design displays rows of eight-pointed stars, here with a rooster on a blue ground, alternating with striped pointed crosses.
date
800s–900s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79929756
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8.5 x 24.1 cm (3 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 15.2 x 30.5 cm (6 x 12 in.)
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Byzantium, Islamic or Byzantine periods, 9th -10th Century
accession
1977.17
Source extras
tec
complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
tombstone
Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?), 800s–900s. Byzantium, Islamic or Byzantine periods, 9th -10th Century. Complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk; overall: 8.5 x 24.1 cm (3 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); mounted: 15.2 x 30.5 cm (6 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1977.17
collection
Textiles
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G.. “Medieval Persian Silks in Fact and Fancy (A refutation of the Riggisberg report).” <em>Bulletin de liaison du CIETA (Lyon)</em>, no. 39-40 (1974) pp. 1–239.
page_number
fig. 18
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 1 (January 1978): 2–42.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 42, no. 123
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:39:14.765000
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149027
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Textiles
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Textiles
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complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
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1
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0
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photo
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