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Inscription is poorly written, but is identical to that on mirrors in Kuwait al-Sabah Collection (LNS102M) and Mus\u00e9e des Arts Decoratifs (14918).\r\n\r\nTranslation (from M. Jenkins, \"The al-Sabah Collection,\" 1983, p. 69): Glory and continence and good fortune and splendor and high position and praise and happiness and nobility and power and increase and potency and blessings to its owner forever.", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [ { "description": "Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20131995", "sortorder": 1 }, { "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1995\u2013", "sortorder": 2 } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "description": null, "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79978503" ], "internet_archive": [ "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1995.402-mirror-with-addorsed" ] }, "citations": [ { "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. 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