Portions of Qur’anAPISupenn.apis.109(PU) 109P.Penn. Museum inv.E16264BSide 1 (Recto): Qur’an 18,47 (45) (beginning of line 6) - 49 (47). Traces of another line. Side 2 (Verso): Qur’an 18,51 (49) (end of line 5) - 55 (53) (traces of two other lines.)Text is on both sides, 17 lines written on each side. Script reminiscent of nos. 10-13 in the Chicago Collection and no.21 in the Vatican Library. Diacritical marks used. Kufic characters. Parallel strokes mark verse divisions. (S.L. Skoss)Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison CollectionArabic26.8 x 32.7cm. White, thin parchment. Almost the full length and the full width are preserved but the upper side is badly damaged: the first 6 lines (as well as parts of lines 7-9) are entirely destroyed, and only the margins remain. The lower part is also damaged.9th CEEgypt
Purchased from Professor Bernhard Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Mueller, 1910.
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