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Subject: Papyrus | Ink
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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White faience shabti belonging to the Mayor, Pennut. The shabti has a tripartite wig, ears are visible, and five lines indicate a wesekh collar. Hands are modeled, and hold adzes. A somewhat faded text column runs down the front of the shabti's legs, and reads "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Mayor, Pennut." There is a triangular basket on the shabti's back, decorated with horizontal lines.

Date: Eighteenth Dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Various fragments of Arabic documents. Eight small pieces. No diacritical points. The pieces are too fragmentary to contain any connected text. Part of della Vida's work on Arabic papyri. A. Recto: Upper middle part of land-tax receipt. 3rd century A.H. / 9th century A.D. Verso: Fragment from acknowledgement of debt in wheat. (see No. 32 for b-d) H. Recto: Fragment of tax-receipt, 3rd century A.H./9th century A.D. Verso: Signature of witnesses. a-d. 281 A.H./March 13, 894 to March 1, 895 A.D. Ei

Subject: Varia
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Subject: Arabic Inscription
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Light green faience shabti belonging to the Mayor, Pennut. The shabti has a tripartite wig, and modeled ears. There is some damage to the left side of the neck. Hands are modeled but indistinct, and hold painted adzes. A text column runs down the front of the shabti's legs, and reads "The Osiris, Mayor, Pennut, true of voice." There is a triangular basket on the shabti's back, with no internal decoration.

Date: Eighteenth Dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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El Oud

Date: ca. 1892
Publication Date: ca. 1892
Subject: Wood | Shell | Bone | Mother-of-Pearl
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Amulet of translucent greenish-white stone. Yellowish on one side and greenish on the other. Both sides incised. Arabic inscription filled in with gold. Hole at top. Per Sommerville: Observse: "La ilaha illa-allahu Muhammadu rasu-l-lahi / There is no god but Allah, and Mahomet is the prophe of Allah" Per Sommerville: Reverse: characteristic Indian amuletic inscription.

Date: 10th Century - 1889
Publication Date: 10th Century - 1889
Subject: Indian | Islamic
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Light green faience shabti with an anonymous inscription. Shabti wears a tripartite wig, with no indication of modeled ears. Indistinct painted lines at the throat represent a wesekh collar. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes, though the paint is faded. A column of text runs down the front of the shabti's legs, reading "The illuminated one, the Osiris." The lower portion of the text was left blank. On the back are traces of a painted triangular basket with no internal decoration.

Date: Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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White faience shabti belonging to the an individual named Anetamun or Resetamun. The shabti has a tripartite wig, and modeled ears. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes. A text column runs down the front of the shabti's legs, and reads "The Osiris, Anetamun (?), true of voice," followed by two hieroglyphs reading "nefer maat." There is a rectangular basket on the shabti's back, with vertical lines inside.

Date: Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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