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Source Description
Obverse: Three standing figures around a central, seated female figure, perhaps in mourning; within a border of dots.Reverse: Names and tiles of the Abbasid caliph surrounded by name and title of Ayyubid overlord Saif al-Din Abu Bakr in line; name and titles of Arslan, with date, around edge; all within a border of dots.The obverse scene has been interpreted as mourning the death of Saladin but also as a depiction of the alignment of the constellation Virgo with the visible planets in 1186 CE.
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Document identity
localId
99799
label
Dirhem of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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99799
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dirhem of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan
description
Obverse: Three standing figures around a central, seated female figure, perhaps in mourning; within a border of dots.Reverse: Names and tiles of the Abbasid caliph surrounded by name and title of Ayyubid overlord Saif al-Din Abu Bakr in line; name and titles of Arslan, with date, around edge; all within a border of dots.The obverse scene has been interpreted as mourning the death of Saladin but also as a depiction of the alignment of the constellation Virgo with the visible planets in 1186 CE.
provenance
Purchased by Richard Ettinghausen [1906-1979], 1950s-1960s; inherited by Elizabeth Ettinghausen, Princeton, 1979; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2018.
date
1184-1200 (Artuquid of Mardin)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
coins
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
2.9
dimensionsRaw
D: 13/16 × Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2 × 2.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Turkish
dynasty
Artuquid of Mardin
med
copper alloy, struck
creator_ids
2431
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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a7e90f191b91adf2
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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0ff769d8298c8972
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no
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no