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A section of a column bearing Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script
(قسم من عامود، عليه نقوش عربية بخط كوفي)

Title	A section of a column bearing Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script
Title Original	قسم من عامود، عليه نقوش عربية بخط كوفي
Author	unknown.
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	Century (9th/10th)
Publication Place	- Augustino Piepoli Regional Museum
Subject	White marble with green veins from the Karistos quarries in Euboea, relief.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع (أقصى): 2.15 م؛ القطر (سفلي): 0.36 م
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	117 / 67
Record ID	object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;50;ar
Library Location	Augustino Piepoli Regional Museum
Date	Century (9th/10th)
Notes	A section of a marble column, possibly dating back to the Roman era. Its upper part was broken, losing a third of its original height. There are several corroded areas on its surface. In the lower part of the piece we find chisel strikes, and at a height of 1.60 cm, the shape of a square leaf was carved, with a side length of 20 cm, and a bas-relief inscription in Kufi script was engraved on the surface of the leaf (translated by: M. Amari) and the text states: Praise be to God alone. The full height of the column’s body before it was broken is estimated at approximately 2.96 cm. It dates back to the Roman or Byzantine period, and the use of marble indicates the grandeur of the original place in which it was located. It may be a column in a palace or a mosque.
Sample Text	Paolo Barresi “A section of a column, with Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;50;ar

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A section of a column bearing Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script

(قسم من عامود، عليه نقوش عربية بخط كوفي)

Author unknown.

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date Century (9th/10th)

Publication Place - Augustino Piepoli Regional Museum

Subject White marble with green veins from the Karistos quarries in Euboea, relief.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع (أقصى): 2.15 م؛ القطر (سفلي): 0.36 م

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 117 / 67

Record ID object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;50;ar

Library Location Augustino Piepoli Regional Museum

Date Century (9th/10th)

Notes A section of a marble column, possibly dating back to the Roman era. Its upper part was broken, losing a third of its original height. There are several corroded areas on its surface. In the lower part of the piece we find chisel strikes, and at a height of 1.60 cm, the shape of a square leaf was carved, with a side length of 20 cm, and a bas-relief inscription in Kufi script was engraved on the surface of the leaf (translated by: M. Amari) and the text states: Praise be to God alone. The full height of the column’s body before it was broken is estimated at approximately 2.96 cm. It dates back to the Roman or Byzantine period, and the use of marble indicates the grandeur of the original place in which it was located. It may be a column in a palace or a mosque.

Sample Text Paolo Barresi “A section of a column, with Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;50;ar