Publication Date
5. Jh. AH / 11. Jh. n. B.C
Publication Place
Egypt -
Egypt
Subject
Letter, governor, illness, exercise, writing exercise, location: Kutāmah, documentary
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Austrian National Library
Record ID
RZ00005043
Date
5. Jh. AH / 11. Jh. n. B.C
Notes
Verso: not very italic writing, recto: italic (little practiced impression; orthographic error; incorrect ligature; some diacritical points, several wrong), notes: digitization and online description: Mellon project (L. Reinfandt, 2015), notes: medium brown, very thin, fine paper; 4 horizontal folds present; Traces of letters in the upper left area of recto come from verso; Recto: black ink; Verso: deep black and brown ink in beautiful, large font; Traces of an earlier inscription (palimpsest?) or ink showing through on the front, literature: Photo: P.Vind.Arab. III (1996), plate 38 (recto), literature: Diem, W., Arabic official letters from the 10th to 16th centuries from the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Documenta Arabica Antiqua, vol. 3), Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 198-200, no. 41 (= P.Vind.Arab. III 41; recto)
İçerik Hakkında
Absender aus Kutāmah (Provinz al-Ġarbīya) schreibt den Gouverneur, weil er eine Reise wegen Krankheit abbrechen musste; Verso: Schreibübungen (ʾilā ʿubayd; ʾin šāʾa llāhu; 3x bimi llāhi r-r)