Funeral registration arreau 15th century Iran Ceramic, painted underglaze decoration The inscription in Persian, in simple Naskh script, says: "On the dust universe, you have to become dust. By the hand of death, you must perish, you who were the honor of the world. In the end, no; you have to go underground. O my eye, if you are blind, look at the light of the tomb. This world full of troubles and bitterness, look at it. The kings of the world, the rulers of the universe. Look at them underground, in the mouth of Death.


Funeral registration arreau 15th century Iran Ceramic, painted underglaze decoration The inscription in Persian, in simple Naskh script, says: "On the dust universe, you have to become dust. By the hand of death, you must perish, you who were the honor of the world. In the end, no; you have to go underground. O my eye, if you are blind, look at the light of the tomb. This world full of troubles and bitterness, look at it. The kings of the world, the rulers of the universe. Look at them underground, in the mouth of Death.


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