Manuscript

Seal (Object)

E16272

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16272
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Date Made 888-889 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Papyrus | Ink
Iconography Receipt | Tax | Letter
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Lower portion of an Arabic document, with seal attached, dated 258 A.H. = 872/3 A.D.

Recto: land-tax receipt, Dhu'l Hijja 275 A.H./ May 15, 888 to May 5 889 AD.

Verso: eight lines from private letter.

Length 13.3 cm
Width 17.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Prof. Moritz; subscription of Mrs. C. C. Harrison, 1911
Other Number 39 (by W.M. Muller) - Other Number | DV 13 - Other Number

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