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"tombstone": "Caftan, after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945\u20131055). Silk: lampas weave; width across shoulders: 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.); neck edge to hem: 127.5 cm (50 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.59",
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"title": "Caftan",
"creation_date": "after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)",
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"Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945\u20131055)"
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"department": "Textiles",
"collection": "T - Islamic",
"type": "Textile",
"measurements": "width across shoulders: 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.); neck edge to hem: 127.5 cm (50 3/16 in.)",
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"width": 1.765
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"height": 1.275
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"inscriptions": [
{
"inscription": "Collar: O Merciful One, O Benevolent One, have mercy on Thy wea[k] servant! [O] Thou who art nearer to me than my [ju]gular vein, have mercy on me!",
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{
"inscription": "Sleeves: Top small band: I seek refuge in Thy magnanimous countenance from the evil of this world and the next, from the evil of all pains, and from the evil of every creeping thing whose forelock Though seiz...",
"inscription_translation": null,
"inscription_remark": "The inscription on the sleeves continues on the bottom small band.",
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},
{
"inscription": "Bottom small band (continues top one): ...est. Verily, my Lord is on a straight road. And I seek refuge in Thee from every evil and shame of this world and from the punishment of the next.",
"inscription_translation": null,
"inscription_remark": null,
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},
{
"inscription": "Middle Band (large): Good fortune, prosperity, dominion, joy, felicity, and honor.",
"inscription_translation": null,
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},
{
"inscription": "Diagonal Bands: O Thou Who possessest majesty and Who bestowest honor! Protect me from evil things, exalt my station by Thy help, and make me fortunate!",
"inscription_translation": null,
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},
{
"inscription": "Inscriptions on the back: \n1. My God, prolong my life! \n2. My God, preserve me from rebellious acts!. \n3. [For] the use of Abu Muhammad Ziyad. \n4. bin Hamdan al-Fadli. \n5. Work of Ahmmmad [sic for Ahmad] bin[?] . . . [bin Ziyad?] al-Daylami.",
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}
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"current": [
{
"id": 309910,
"title": "The Year in Review for 1985",
"description": "The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).",
"opening_date": "1986-02-12T05:00:00"
}
],
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},
"provenance": [
{
"description": "(Rabenou Antiquities, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"date": "?-1985",
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},
{
"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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"date": "1985-",
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}
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"did_you_know": null,
"description": "This Buyid-style caftan is ornamented with a floral border down its front openings, hem, and cuffs. There are Kufic inscriptions around the neck opening, around and across the sleeves, and between the shoulders on the back.",
"external_resources": {
"wikidata": [
"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79938186"
],
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},
"citations": [
{
"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1985.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 73, no. 2, 1986, pp. 26\u201371.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: no. 161, p. 69; Reproduced: p. 41",
"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930"
},
{
"citation": "Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. \"Reevaluating the Date of the \"Buyid\" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis.\" Ars Orientalis 22 (1992): 1-41.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 40; Mentioned: p. 15",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423"
},
{
"citation": "Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 155, fig. 4i; Mentioned: P. 154-155",
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}
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"url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.59",
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"creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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"legal_status": "accessioned",
"accession_date": "1985-05-29T00:00:00",
"sortable_date": 1950,
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"date_text": "after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)",
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"updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:00:16.308000"
}
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