Object Number | 90-8-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Islamic |
Provenience | Egypt | Cairo |
Locus | Ameer Mosq |
Date Made | 700-899 |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Vellum | Ink |
Iconography | Koran |
Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
Description | Vellum or parchment fragment-evidence of burns, tears, creases and resin deposits; brown-black script. Koran fragment written in Arabic/Tufic script. |
Length | 25.3 cm |
Width | 16.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Gloucester County Historical Society, New Jersey, 1990 |
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