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Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- early 10th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with red silk
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 12.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1988.32
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. iii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A tiraz fragment with a red inscription which reads: "Bismillah al-rahman al-rahim al-hamdu llilah rab al-'alamin barakat min allah li 'abd allah" (In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful, praise to God, Lord of the Worlds, blessing from God on the servant of God).
The original accession card dates the fragment to the early 10th century Egypt.
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