Tiraz with gold

1020–35
Overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
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The dominant gold ground of a tripartite band displays horned bovines with cloven hooves alternating with stylized palmette trees flanked by opposing lines of text on the dark blue linen ground. The historical inscription is written in kufic script with elongated bowls of the lower letters. The text and epigraphy indicate a date during the caliphate of al-Zahir (r. 1020–35).
Tiraz with gold

Tiraz with gold

1020–35

Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035

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