Fragment of a Tiraz Band inscribed "Help from God", between 1000 and 1200

  • Islamic, Egyptian

Linen? silk?

  • Overall: 7 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (18.1 × 33.3 cm) Mount: 30 7/8 × 26 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (78.4 × 67.9 × 4.4 cm)

Gift of Dorothea Russell

30.363.2

Inscribed, Arabic, in red and black thread: Nasr min Allah [translated: Assitance/Help from God]

Dorothea Russell

1930-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of a Tiraz Band inscribed "Help from God", between 1000 and 1200, linen? silk?. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dorothea Russell, 30.363.2.