P.Penn. Museum inv.E16264D Portions of Qur'an
Title
Portions of Qur'anCall number
P.Penn. Museum inv.E16264D(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison Collection)
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyLanguage
English; ArabicOrigin
8th-9th CE
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Egypt
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.
Notes
- 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.
- 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)
- Identifier(s): upenn.apis.111.
Extent
21.3 x 31.4 cm; 15.8 x 8.5 cmSupport
ParchmentLayout
Provenance
- Purchased from Professor Bernhard Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Mueller, 1910.
Subjects topical
- Literary
- Religious
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