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Arabic document.

Date: 1300-1399 CE
Publication Date: 1300-1399 CE
Subject: Letter
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Block-printed and mordant-dyed plain-weave cotton kalamkari prayer mat with an architectural design of a mihrab (arched niche indicating the direction of prayer). Likely produced in Isfahan, Iran (Persia), or perhaps on the Southeastern coast of India for the Muslim community in Persia. Block-printed and mordant-dyed plain-weave cotton. The cotton fabric is soaked in a myrobalan (plant-derived) solution before it is printed and dyed, giving it an ochre color. Top portion features ornate architec

Date: Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century
Publication Date: Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century
Subject: Floral | Mihrab | Bird
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Two joining fragments of a light green faience shabti belonging to the Mayor, Pennut. The piece is broken in half below the arms. 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, 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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Light green faience shabti belonging to the Mayor, Pennut. The shabti has a tripartite wig, and modeled ears. The foot area is blackened. Hands are modeled, 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 painted 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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White faience shabti belonging to the an individual named Anetamun or Resetamun. The front of the shabti's foot is missing. 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, ..." There is a rectangular basket on the shabti's back, with no internal decoration.

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

Subject: Koran
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Bandeau - opaque green glass talisman, white Arabic writing; red cord with bound yellow on either side of talisman. Green jade pendant with cord in the shape of a cartouche or shield. Pendant top and bottom squared with the sides semi-circular. Pendant is inscribed with writing. The cord is compossed of two red ribbons strung through the pendant and wrapped with yellow and black thread to create a "cone" that eventually tapers out.

Subject: Jade | Silk
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Subject: Koran
Language: Arabic
Type: kitap
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dagger

Date: 15th Century - 19th Century
Publication Date: 15th Century - 19th Century
Subject: Indian | Islamic | Persian
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Blue-green faience shabti with an anonymous inscription. Shabti wears a tripartite wig, with indications of modeled ears. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes. A column of text runs down the front of the shabti's legs, and reads "The Illuminated One, The Osiris, true of voice." There is a rectangular painted basket on the shabti's back with no slanted line internal decoration.

Date: Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Iron-bladed knife with ebony and ivory handle: wooden sheath covered in copper sheet. Curved blade with median rib. near hilt both sides are decorated with Islamic inscriptions. Handle is constructed of transverse alternating bands of ebony and ivory sandwiched between iron terminals. On one side of the handle, small iron nails and natural and possible colored ivory discs have been inserted to form geometric design. Iron handle terminals are decorated with incised diagonal designs. Collarded she

Subject: Shilluk
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Blue-green faience shabti inscribed for "The Osiris, Ta..." Shabti wears a tripartite wig, with indications of modeled ears. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes. The column of text running down the legs of the shabti is faint, and portions are illegible. There is a rectangular painted basket on the shabti's back with slanted line internal decoration. This piece is perhaps related to E17915.1.

Date: Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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White faience shabti belonging to the Mayor, Pennut. The front surface of the shabti is blackened, possibly from the firing process. The shabti has a tripartite wig, with molded ears. Hands are modeled, but due to the surface damage, do not currently hold adzes. A text column runs down the front of the shabti's legs, and retains a portion of the name of Pennut. The shabti lacks a painted basket.

Date: Eighteenth Dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty
Subject: Faience
Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
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 shabti's right cheek. Hands are modeled, 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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Arabic document.

Date: 900-1099 CE
Publication Date: 900-1099 CE
Subject: Prescription
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Flat, green. writing on both sides, arabic on front, arabic and proto-arabic on back. Talismanic square on front, Koran on reverse. Sommerville Cat. 1501: "Jade. Very elaborate Persian talisman with a square of mystic numbers, which rendered in our numerals read thus: 1279 1283 1280 1272 1285 1273 1278 1284 1274 1288 1281 1277 1282 1286 1270 1287 Surrounded on three sides of this square are talismanic inscriptions. They are religious. Reverse, a beautiful inscription of a long verse from the Kor

Subject: Stone | Jade (uncertain)
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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Boubou

Subject: Cotton | Paper | Pigment
Language: Arabic
Type: Other
Library: The Penn Museum
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