Catalog Record: upenn.apis.111 [xml]
Title | Portions of Qur’an |
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Summary | Fragment A: [Recto] Qur’an 39,47(48) - 56(57); [Verso] 39,58(59) - 69 Fragment B: [Recto] Qur’an 16, 1 – 4; [Verso] Kor. 16,11 - 14. |
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Inv. Id | P.Penn. Museum inv.E16264D |
Support/Dimensions | Two fragments: A. 21.3 x 31.4; B. 15.8 x 8.5cm. White, thin parchment. Two fragments belonging to two different copies. Fragment A. The full length of the sheet, except for the loss of a line at the bottom and of both margins, and about two thirds of the original width are preserved. Both sides inscribed with 20 broken lines in brownish ink. Fragment B: Fragment of the inner half of a sheet, and bears on both faces the former, and respectively the latter, halves of 4 lines, with traces of a previous 5th line. |
Origin | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Date | 8th-9th CE |
Note (general) | Text is on both sides: Fragment A has 20 lines on each side; Fragment B has 4 lines, with traces of a 5th, on each side. |
Note (general) | [Fragment A]. Archaic-style script similar to Geschichte des Qorans III, Plate III (Istanbul Saray, from Medina) and no. 38 in the Vatican library. Diacritical signs and vowel marks, in red ink, occur rarely. Parallel strokes mark verse divisions. [Fragment B]. Script is thinner and more elongated than in (a). Diacritical signs are short and heavy, vowels marked by red dots. No verse dividers. 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. |
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