Frieze / fragment

Description

Wooden frieze fragment carved in relief with a large-scale Kufic inscription, probably forming part of a Qur'anic inscription: Egypt or Syria, Tulunid or Fatimid, late 2nd - 5th century AH / 9th - 11th century AD

Museum reference

A.1984.519

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Frieze / fragment

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa
Syria, West Asia

Date

Late 2nd - 5th century AH
9th - 11th century

Style / Culture

Fatimid
Tulunid

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood; carved

Exhibitions

• Discover Islamic Art (01 Dec 2005)
  World Wide Web

• Within the Middle East (12 May 1995)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

References

Scarce, Jennifer M., Domestic culture in the Middle East : An exploration of the household interior, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1996

Links to other web pages

MWNF