id:			111450
accession number:	1929.932
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.932
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:15.489000

Fragment of a Tiraz, 1058–60. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir, 1000s. Linen and silk: tapestry (originally inwoven in a tabby ground); overall: 8.6 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.932

title:				Fragment of a Tiraz
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creation date:			1058–60
creation date earliest:		1058
creation date latest:		1060
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir, 1000s
technique:	Linen and silk: tapestry (originally inwoven in a tabby ground)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 8.6 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	The two lines of inscription in Kufic script, both of which are incomplete, appear to represent repetitions of a single text: (top line): ". . .[the blessings of] God be upon him and upon his forefathers, the pure imams" 

(bottom line): ". . . the pure [imams].  Of that which the most illustrious vizier and elect one of [the Commander of the Believers] . . ordered to be made. . ."
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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Phyllis Ackerman [1893-1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929-
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