id: 113193 accession number: 1932.21 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.21 updated: 2024-08-08 15:13:12.105000 Fragment of a Tiraz, 918–924. Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311 (AD 918-924). Embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground; overall: 20.8 x 48.2 cm (8 3/16 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1932.21 title: Fragment of a Tiraz title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 918–924 creation date earliest: 918 creation date latest: 924 current location: creditline: Gift of George D. Pratt copyright: --- culture: Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311 (AD 918-924) technique: embroidery: silk on cotton tabby ground department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 20.8 x 48.2 cm (8 3/16 x 19 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: single line of Arabic text in Kufic letters: "[in the name of] God the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise be God [sic for "to God"]. Blessing from God to the servant through [sic for "of"] God, Ja'far the iman al-Muqtadir bi-Allah, Commander of the Believers, may God pro[lo]ng . . . [B]lessing." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.21/1932.21_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.21/1932.21_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.21/1932.21_full.tif