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Manuscript (Manuscript)

Classification/Broad: Manuscript

Classification/Specific: Manuscript (Manuscript)

Material/Broad: Botanical

Material/Specific: Paper (Botanical)

Measurements: 242 x 130 mm

Description: Arabian Nights, light brown fragment, 2 joined folios, 6 distinct entries, main on alf lailah wa laylah or "thousand night" fragment including formulas of legal testimony dated Safar AH 266/October AD 879.

Region: Unknown Region Egypt

Country: Egypt

Place/site: Unknown (Egypt)

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Period: Islamic

Date: 9th century AD

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Inscribed: No

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Arabic

Script: Arabic

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On Display: Islamic Gallery

Registration Number: E17618

Accession Number: 2952

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