"A FUSTAT PAPYRUS DOCUMENT FRAGMENT EGYPT, 8TH - 9TH CENTURY...

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£3,000 - £5,000

"A FUSTAT PAPYRUS DOCUMENT FRAGMENT
EGYPT, 8TH - 9TH CENTURY"

"Arabic manuscript, composed on Egyptian papyrus, featuring 13 lines of dark ink in proto-naskh script per paer, with a reference to the city of Fustat positioned 5 lines from the bottom, concluding with prayers and blessings in its final line,
The script exhibits distinct characteristics, with the ‘Alif extending below the connecting stroke in its ultimate form, clear differentiation between the letters ‘dal’ and ‘ra’, and open loops, diacritics absent, dots in a diagonal arrangement, not showing any signs of illumination, mounted, glazed and framed, "