Title
Moulded pottery inscription tile
Year/Period
13th century
Region
Kashan, Iran
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: H: 3.5,
x L: 38.3,
x W: 18.0
x L: 38.3,
x W: 18.0
Accession No.
1996-00191
Collection of
These tiles were probably intended for use inside a funerary monument. Moulded and painted with underglaze blue, the inscription contains part of a Qur’anic verse: ‘… the most Merciful. The Messenger ....’ The inscription raised in thulth, a cursive script, contains part of the surah al-baqarah (The Cow). The upper and lower bands have inscriptions of the opening verses of the surah al-Kahf (The Cave).
