Catalog Record: upenn.apis.110 [xml]

Title	Portions of Qur’an
Summary	Side 1 (Recto): Title and description of acquisition. Side 2 (Verso): Qur’an 30,1-9 (8).
Citations
Inv. Id	P.Penn. Museum inv.E16264C
Support/Dimensions	27.0 x 27.5cm. Cream colored, moderately thick parchment. The original width is almost fully preserved except for some damage in the margins; the upper margin is also partially preserved. The lower side is much damaged, especially on the right corner; however, no more lines were presumably written on the original sheet. The extant writing is in fairly good condition, except for some fading in the ink and a small hole in the middle.
Origin	Egypt More from Egypt
Language	Arabic
Date	8th-9th CE More from the period between 700 CE and 899 CE
Note (general)	Text is on both sides. Side 1 (Recto) has 2 lines written in a later, second hand (calligraphic Naskhi). Side 2 (Verso) has 15 lines: Script looks old. General aspect is highly reminiscent of nos. 10-14 in the Chicago Collection and nos. 8 and 40 in the Vatican Library but has less developed use of diacritical marks. Inconsistent vocalization by red dots. Free word division at line-end, no verse division marks. Kufic characters (S.L. Skoss).
Note (local/note)	Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison Collection
Subjects	parchment; literary; religious
License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

Side 1 (Recto): "Volume Five" on the top of the sheet. In the middle: "(This copy) was donated to the Mu''izzi Cathedral Mosque."