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Title:

ARABIC PAPYRI

By:

Geoffrey Khan

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Hardback

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Publisher:

KHALILI COLLECTIONS

Pub. date:

1 January, 1996

Series:

Studies in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art No.1

Pages:

264

Language:

Arabic & English

Description:

A study of a selection of papyri in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, which date mostly from the eighth to tenth centuries AD and deal largely with Egypt. Transcriptions and translations are given of each document, and historical, linguistic and palaeographic topics are discussed.

Synopsis:

This is a study of a group of early Arabic papyri, dating mostly from the eighth to tenth centuries AD. Most are from Egypt but the collection also includes the only known papyrus to survive from Iraq. The texts range from tax and legal matters to business accounts and personal correspondence. Each document is transcribed and translated and there are notes on historical, linguistic and palaeographic issues.

Illustrations:

50 black & white halftones, bibliography

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Khalili Collections

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