id: 150918 accession number: 1982.299 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.299 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:49.614000 Fragments of Inscription Bands, before 1982. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: compound tabby on tabby ground; overall: 72.5 x 133 cm (28 9/16 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.299 title: Fragments of Inscription Bands title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1982 creation date earliest: 945 creation date latest: 1982 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055) technique: Silk: compound tabby on tabby ground department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 72.5 x 133 cm (28 9/16 x 52 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: two parallel inscription bands (1966.135 and 1982.299) with Kufic lettering in dark brown on a lighter brown ground run the warp direction of the cream colored textile with the lettering oriented at right angles to the warp: ". . . sallá Allah 'a[layhi wa-alihi] nabi(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Qur'an kitab(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Ka'bah [qiblat(an in superscript)] wa-bi-al-a' immah al-ithná 'ashar 'alayhim al-salam i[mam(an in superscript)] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Goumaronart, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1982 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1982- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.299/1982.299_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.299/1982.299_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.299/1982.299_full.tif