IDENTIFIERS
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id:	17483
accession number:	C.6-X

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tile from calligraphic frieze or hizam. In group of four (C.3-6-X). Pinkish-buff earthenware, the upper surface covered with a black, lustrous glaze through which the background of the design has been cut away to reveal the bare body, leaving the glazed design in relief. Approximately square. A Nashki inscription continues over three tiles (C.3-5-X); this tile may be an odd one.
title:	tile

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17483





CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1200 - 1400
creation date earliest:	1200
creation date latest:	1400
culture:	13th Century-14th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 10.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 10.3



CITATIONS
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A Guide to the Collection of Tiles
Kataloge des Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, II, Majolika
Zilig: The Art of Moroccan Ceramics
The Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy
Paper Parchment Steel and Stone, Calligraphy and the Arts of Islam from the 8th to the 9th century
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