Decorative Band from a Tiraz Textile Inscribed "Help from God", 11th century

  • Islamic, Egyptian

Linen and silk threads

  • Overall: 3 × 13 7/8 inches (7.6 × 35.2 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

29.381

Inscribed, repeated: [Nasr min Allah [translated: Help from God]]

Dorothea Russell. 1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Egyptian, Decorative Band from a Tiraz Textile Inscribed "Help from God", 11th century, linen and silk threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.381.