Bowl with Kufic Inscription

• Medium: Ceramic; earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze
• Geographical Locations:
  • Greater Khurasan
  • Northeastern Iran
• Dates: 10th century
• Dynasty: Samanid
• Period: Samanid
• Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (11.4 x 35.2 cm)
• Inscriptions: Inscribed in Arabic, Kufic script: "Peace is that which is silent and only his speech will reveal the [?] of the man with faults."
• Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H18, 3F
• Accession Number: 86.227.19
• Image: 86.227.19_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2009