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Inscribed Pound Weight
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| Artist |
Artist: Anonymous (Syrian) Patron: al-Walid ibn Abdul-Rahman (Syrian) |
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Inscribed Pound Weight |
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| Description |
English: This unusual green glass weight is among the earliest dated Islamic objects (other than coins) in any American museum. In addition to the name al-Walid, who was the financial director of the Damascus treasury, the weight's inscription, stamped on top in an angular script known as kufic, evokes Yazid III, a caliph, or ruler, of the Umayyad Dynasty (661-750). |
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| Date | 743 (Early Medieval) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | glass | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 4.2 cm (1.6 in); diameter: 7.5 cm (2.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
47.6 |
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| Place of creation | Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | The Heritage of Islam. Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston; California Academy of Sciences Museum, San Francisco; Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 1982-1984. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Inscription] Stamped into surface: In the name of God. He [God] commands honesty. The servant of God Yazid, Commander of the Faithful. Executed by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Rahman in the year 126. Full ratl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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