Detail View: Papyri Collection: Instruction for providing mounts
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Reference number:
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Arabic P F IV 1
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL1100191dc
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Image Title:
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Instruction for providing mounts
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Letters
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Abd al-Malik bn Marwan
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Arab. 1 IV 5
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Description:
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In the name of God, the Compassionate, [the Merciful]/From 'Abd al-Malik bn Mar[wan to the postmaster of Ashmun]./Give 'Abd al-Hamid, [my messenger .... who is]/a fair, handsome youth t[wo post mounts]/one of them the [post guide's] mount. [written by .... in the month]/of Shawwal, in the year [one hundred and thirty-one]
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Date created:
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8th century CE (131 AH)
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Language:
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Arabic
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Language code:
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ara
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Item height:
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90 mm
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Item width:
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70 mm
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Number of lines:
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6 lines across vertical fibres
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Margoliouth, D. S. Catalogue of Arabic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. The Manchester University Press [Etc.], 1933.
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2010-08-27
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Date: issued:
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2018-04
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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