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A tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star
(بلاطة بشكل نجمة ثمانية الرؤوس)

Title	A tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star
Title Original	بلاطة بشكل نجمة ثمانية الرؤوس
Publication Date:	8th century AH / 14th century AD
Publication Place	- National Museum of Art of Romania
Subject	Ceramic vessel, molded decoration, painted in opalescent paint on opaque white glaze with outline using blue and green.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع :21 سم ، العرض : 21 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	86284 / 1534
Record ID	object;EPM;rm;Mus21;5;ar
Library Location	National Museum of Art of Romania
Date	8th century AH / 14th century AD
Notes	The tile is in the shape of an eight-pointed star with a blue border. It is decorated with a simple relief eight-pointed star design: there is a deer running through a field of white vegetation against a brightly painted ground. The text of the first surah, Al-Fatihah of the Qur’an, is inscribed between the parallel sides of the concentric polygons. The inscription in Naskh script letters is painted with bright paint on a white background.
Sample Text	“Slab in the shape of an eight-pointed star” within Discover the Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;5;ar

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A tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star

(بلاطة بشكل نجمة ثمانية الرؤوس)

Publication Date 8th century AH / 14th century AD

Publication Place - National Museum of Art of Romania

Subject Ceramic vessel, molded decoration, painted in opalescent paint on opaque white glaze with outline using blue and green.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع :21 سم ، العرض : 21 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 86284 / 1534

Record ID object;EPM;rm;Mus21;5;ar

Library Location National Museum of Art of Romania

Date 8th century AH / 14th century AD

Notes The tile is in the shape of an eight-pointed star with a blue border. It is decorated with a simple relief eight-pointed star design: there is a deer running through a field of white vegetation against a brightly painted ground. The text of the first surah, Al-Fatihah of the Qur’an, is inscribed between the parallel sides of the concentric polygons. The inscription in Naskh script letters is painted with bright paint on a white background.

Sample Text “Slab in the shape of an eight-pointed star” within Discover the Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;5;ar