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A Complete Set of Canopic Jars
Undetermined
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Untitled
Undetermined
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North Syria, Jebel Barisha, Baqirha
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
English
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Untitled
Undetermined
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Şerh-i Kaside-yi Bürde: manuscript, 1627
Mehmed bin Halil. (Creator)
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Rashaḥāt ayn al-ḥayāt. | Rashaḥāt-i 'ayn al-ḥayāt. Arabic
Ṣafī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn Kāshifī, 1463-1532 or 1533
Arabic
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Nafāʾis al-ʻarāʾis fī ṣifat al-anbiyāʾ wa-al-mursilīn | The precious things of brides are in the nature of prophets and messengers
Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad | Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Thaalabi
Arabic
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Photograph taken by Gertrude Bell in Saudi Arabia, between February and March 1914
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
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Undecorated Bracelet, One of Pair
Undetermined
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Zone of transition and pendentive at the mosque Ikhwat Sayyidna Yusuf
Photographer: n/a
Undetermined
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Gharar Anbaa Nujabaa Al-Abnaa / written by Muhammad bin Abi Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Zafar.
Ibn Ẓafar, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1104-1169
Arabic
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Untitled
Sumerian
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Amulet Representing a Mouse
Undetermined
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Syria, Homs governorate, al-Qaryatayn canton, Qasr el-Heir el-Gharbi and Bir Busseri region, vertical aerial view
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East | of the Levant, Army
English
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Scarab
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Untitled
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Main Title: Khavaran Nama, dispersed (Gulistan Palace Library, MS 5750) | Image Title: Jibril invites teh Prophet to watch 'Ali in the battlefield (detail) 20331548
al-Din, Maulana Muhammad b. Husam, Iranian (Author)
Undetermined
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Letter T-S 10J29.13
Solomon b. Ṣemaḥ
heb,jrb
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[Pair of deities in front of an altar making offerings, Aleppo National Museum]
Ma'luf, Isa Iskandar, 1869-1956, collector.
English
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Unidentified 104.117
heb,jrb
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Bowl 2.75 in. (6.99 cm)
Undetermined
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Bible commentary (?) 155.130
heb,jrb
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Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)
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Scarab Seal
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Pointed Blade
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One of Fifteen Circular Stones
Undetermined
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Syrie du Nord, Jebel Sem'an, Taqla
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
English
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Untitled
Sumerian
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Untitled
Undetermined
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Adze 6.46 in. (16.41 cm)
Undetermined
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Bible translation 72.83
Saʿadya Gaʾon
Judeo-Arabic
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A Landscape Scene with a Young Man and an Old Man
Undetermined
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Siyāsat al-murīdīn | Politics of the disciples
Muʼayyad billāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn | Supported by God, Ahmed bin Al-Hussein
Arabic
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Untitled
Undetermined
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Untitled
Sumerian
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Tamyīz al-ṭayyib min al-khabīth fīmā yadūru ʻalá alsinat al-nās min al-ḥadīth
Ibn al-Dayba', 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn 'Alī, 1461-1537
Arabic
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Gospels
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Commentary on the Pentateuch
Author: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr
Undetermined
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An anthology of demonstration images
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Liturgy T-S NS 157.56
heb,jrb
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Untitled
Akkadian
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Ring in the Form of a Coiled Serpent
Undetermined
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Northern Syria, Jebel Barisha, Kseiğbe
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
English
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Photograph taken by Gertrude Bell in Malaysia, March 1903
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
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Lexicography Mosseri I.62
heb,jrb
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al-Juzʼ al-khāmis ilá al-sābiʻ min kitāb Mukhtalaf al-Shīʻah fī aḥkām al-sharīʻah | Parts five to seven of the book “Different Shiites on the Rules of Sharia.”
Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf | Ibn Al-Mutahhar Al-Hilli, Al-Hasan bin Yusuf
Arabic
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Untitled
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Calendrical T-S NS 98.8
heb,jrb
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Untitled
Akkadian
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Untitled
Akkadian
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Lebanon, Tyron Gorges, Chouf, Oblique aerial view
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East | of the Levant, Army
English
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Footnote to Al-Hariri’s Maqamat / by Sheikh Abu Al-Baqa Al-Akbari.
'Ukbari, 'Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn, 1143 or 1144-1219
Arabic
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al-Wāfiyah by the law of al-kāfiyah.
Author: Ibn Sharaf Shāh, Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, 1247 or 1248-1315 or 1316 | Author: Estrabadi, Al-Hasan bin Muhammad, 1247 or 1248-1315 or 1316
Arabic
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Legal document: see Mosseri VII.89.1
Aramaic (Imperial)
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Medical 178.74
Arabic
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Untitled
Undetermined
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Untitled
Akkadian
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Liturgy 110.82
Hebrew
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Untitled
Sumerian
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[the Qurʼān]. | Quran.
Arabic
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Sherd 1.65 x 0.16 in. (4.19 x 0.41 cm)
Undetermined
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Liturgy Mosseri V.189
heb,jrb
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Main Title: Amir Husayn Beg Album (TSK H. 2151) | Image Title: Detail view of a folio from H. 2151; a kneeling youth 14174666
Malik Daylami (Calligrapher)
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Main Title: Bustan of Sa'di (Dar al-Kutub, 22 AD. Adab Farsi) | Image Title: f. 30b: The faqih declines the qadi's turban (detail) 20331841
Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author) | Sultan-Ali al-Katib, Afghan (Calligrapher) | Attributed to Bihzad, ca. 1450-1535-6/935 AH (Painter)
Undetermined
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'MAP 10. TO ILLUSTRATE THE AFFAIR OF UMM AT TUBUL. Positions at dawn, 1st. December, 1915.'
Ordnance Survey (publisher)
English
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Scarab of Thutmose II
Undetermined
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Northern Syria, Jebel al-A'la, Qalb Lozé
(Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
English
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Diary entry by Gertrude Bell
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
English
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Oval Axe Head(?)
Undetermined
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Flower Festival
French
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Legal document: betrothal deed T-S 16.181
Aramaic (Imperial)
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Letter 152.336
Judeo-Arabic
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Untitled
Undetermined
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Commentary 162.67
heb,jrb
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Untitled
Sumerian
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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her father, Sir Hugh Bell
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
English
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'Air Communication in the Persian Gulf. (Communicated by the Air Ministry)'
Indian Air Board, advisory committee (correspondent)
English
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Subḥat al-malāʼikah baʻda Injīl Yūḥannā fī ṣalāt bākir. Ṣalāt niṣf al-layl. | Subḥat al-malāʼikah baʻda Injīl Yūḥannā fī ṣalāt bākir | Ṣalāt niṣf al-layl | The hymn of the angels after the Gospel of John in early prayer. Midnight prayer
Author: Rashīdī, Rizq ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥannā, active 1836 | Writer: Rashidi, Rizk bin Youssef bin Hanna,
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