Inscribed Tile Fragment
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Inscribed Tile Fragment, late 13th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and luster on an opaque white glaze, 5 3/16 x 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (13.2 x 2.2 x 19 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 35.886. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Inscribed Tile Fragment
Date
late 13th century
Period
Ilkhanid
Medium
Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and luster on an opaque white glaze
Classification
Dimensions
5 3/16 x 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (13.2 x 2.2 x 19 cm)
Inscriptions
In Arabic, painted from top left-to-right, "اعناق الذین کفروا هل یجزون إلا ما کانوا یعملون” [part of Qur’an 34:33, Sura Saba`], from middle left-to-right, “اللهو” [part of Qur’an 62:11, Sura al-Jumu`eh], from bottom left-to-right, "قل ان الله بعباده لخبیرثم اورثنا الکتا [part of Qur’an 35:31-32, Sura Fater]. Inscription read by Abdullah Ghouchani
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
35.886
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