Mansaf Tray with Inlaid Silver
- Artist/Creator
- Unknown maker (possibly from Damascus, Syria)
- Title
- Mansaf Tray with Inlaid Silver
- Date
- 19th - early 20th century
- Medium
- metal with silver inlay
- Width
- 26" diameter (approx.)
- Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carl George, Professor Emeritus of Biology
- Object Number
- 2017.2
- Rights
- No Known Copyright
- Alternative text
- Large, decorative ceremonial tray with inlaid silver with Arabic writing at its center incorporating 8 minarets. This text translates to: "And Allah has power over all things." On the face of the tray there is a grape vine, leaf, and fruit motif and around the rim there are four groups of four fishes and four groups of four birds. There is smaller text around the rim of the tray that has not yet been translated, the language is unknown.
- Media
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Part of Mansaf Tray with Inlaid Silver