id:			149350
accession number:	1978.173
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.173
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:42.432000

Fragment with Inscription, dated 818 (AH 203), but before 1978. Iraq, Basrah, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: compound twill weave; overall: 64.7 x 27.5 cm (25 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1978.173

title:				Fragment with Inscription
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creation date:			dated 818 (AH 203), but before 1978
creation date earliest:		818
creation date latest:		1978
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	Iraq, Basrah, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	Silk: compound twill weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 64.7 x 27.5 cm (25 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Barakah min Allah li-Aba [sic for Abi] Nasr Iyas al-Fazari a'azzahu Allah.  Sana'ahu bi-Basrah fi sanati thalath wa-ma'it[ay]n
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Twain Shall Meet.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1985-10-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	E. N. Amini, Tehran, Iran, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1978
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1978-
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RELATED WORKS

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	Fragment with Inscription, dated 818 (AH 203), but before 1978. Iraq, Basrah, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: compound weave; overall: 66.5 x 45 cm (26 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.17
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CITATIONS

	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 349, fig. 45
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

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