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Title	can
Title Original	علبة
Publication Date:	The beginning of the 5th century AH / 11 AD
Publication Place	- House of Islamic Antiquities
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	LNS 19 I
Record ID	object;EPM;kw;Mus21;5;ar
Library Location	House of Islamic Antiquities
Date	The beginning of the 5th century AH / 11 AD
Notes	An ivory box with relief-engraved images of rhinoceros, birds, and plants. On the edge of the cover, human faces and quadrupeds are drawn, and on the upper surface there are inscriptions in Naskh script, which mimics the style of the Al-Hamra Palace and other Nasserite buildings. The box was made of elephant tooth, painted, and some gilded bronze fittings were added to it.
Sample Text	"Box" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;kw;Mus21;5;ar

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Museum With No Frontiers

can

(علبة)

Publication Date The beginning of the 5th century AH / 11 AD

Publication Place - House of Islamic Antiquities

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID LNS 19 I

Record ID object;EPM;kw;Mus21;5;ar

Library Location House of Islamic Antiquities

Date The beginning of the 5th century AH / 11 AD

Notes An ivory box with relief-engraved images of rhinoceros, birds, and plants. On the edge of the cover, human faces and quadrupeds are drawn, and on the upper surface there are inscriptions in Naskh script, which mimics the style of the Al-Hamra Palace and other Nasserite buildings. The box was made of elephant tooth, painted, and some gilded bronze fittings were added to it.

Sample Text "Box" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;kw;Mus21;5;ar