Al-Walid ibn Abdul-Rahman - Inscribed Pound Weight - Walters 476 - Top edited
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Artist: Anonymous (Syrian) Patron: al-Walid ibn Abdul-Rahman (Syrian)
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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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Yazid III.Yazid III., arabisch يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك, DMG Yazīd ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, war der zwölfte Kalif der Umayyaden (744). .. weiterlesen