Publication Date
XX century
Publication Place
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Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject
Brass with stones
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
34 × 51 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
ARC.mx 468
Record ID
object;EPM;uk;Mus22;13;ar
Library Location
Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date
XX century
Notes
These stones were collected from Mecca, from the Valley of the Battle of Badr, the Hira Cave in Jabal al-Nour, and from the Cave of Thawr. These were organized in the form of an ornament presented by the famous Egyptian geologist (and director of the Egyptian Geological Museum) Darwish Mustafa Al-Far (born in 1925) to his professor, the Egyptian scientist Abdel Moneim Muhammad Al-Khalaf, as recorded in one of the two large engraved tablets. The second panel bears the Qur’anic verse referring to the Cave of Hira (Image of Repentance No. 9, verse 40).
Sample Text
“A pendant made of stones from Mecca” within Discover the Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;13;ar
