Textile fragment with tiraz band
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Associated place
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Date
AD 908 - 932 (AH 295 - 320) -
Material and technique
cotton, embroidered with brown silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
41 x 36 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1988.50
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Catalogue text
A tiraz fragment with an inscription that reads "baraka min allah wa'l-min allah wa'l-ni'ma (?) min allah wa'l-'izz (?) li 'abdallah al-khalifa Ja'far al-imam al-Muqtadir billah amir al-mu'minin" (blessing from God, and from God, and well-being from God, and glory to the servant of God, the Caliph, Ja'far, the Imam, al-Muqtadir billah, commander of the faithful).
The inscription dates the textile to H 295-320/908-932 AD. It was made in Iraq.In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. iii, vol. i
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