Cup with a Poem on Wine. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm)Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g). Poet: Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. A.H. 385/ A.D. 995-6). Date: second half 10th-11th century.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Cup with a Poem on Wine. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm)Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g). Poet: Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. A.H. 385/ A.D. 995-6). Date: second half 10th-11th century.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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