Fragment with Inscription
before 1968
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with Inscription, before 1968. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: compound tabby and broken twill weave; overall: 55.2 x 64.7 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.234
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk: compound tabby and broken twill weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55.2 x 64.7 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ya anis man la anis lahu Translation: O companion of him who has no companion. Remark: Upper Kufic inscription Inscription: wa-ya aman man la aman lahu Translation: and O Security of him who has no security. Remark: Lower Kufic inscription
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1968.234
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1968
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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