Cup with a Poem on Wine, second half 10th–11th century, Attributed to Iran, Silver; fire-gilded, hammered, chased, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Metal, This cup is inscribed in Arabic in kufic below the outside rim, Drink! For this day has a special boon, which if you had known about it / You would have hurried up with entertainment and hastened with rapture! // Don’t hold the cup back, but drink it diluted, until you die from it, (dead) without reason
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Cup, Poem, Wine, second half 10th–11th century, Attributed, Iran, Silver, fire-gilded, hammered, chased, H, 3 1/4, 8.3 cm, Metal, cup, inscribed, Arabic, kufic, outside rim, Drink!, day, special boon, if you, You, hurried up, entertainment, hastened, rapture!, Don’t, hold, cup back, drink, diluted, you, die, dead, reason
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