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Marble Islamic stela Unknown

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Title/s	Marble Islamic stela
Maker/s	Unknown
Category	tombstone
Name	tombstone
Description	gravestone of a woman, inscribed. Written in Cufic, a form of old ornamental Arabic. The marble block may have originally been used as decoration on the inside of a Roman house. The stela was for a woman named Hujjat, the daughter of Abdhar Rahiam. It states that her father was Persian.
Field Collection	Old Cairo Egypt
Dimensions	length 58 cm width 40 cm depth 3 cm
Period	Islamic
Date	A.D. 869 — A.D. 870
Provenance	given: Green, F.W. 1914 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Inscriptions/Marks	inscription Language: Kufic
Documentation	Martin, G.T. (2005) Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c. 3000BC - AD1150 , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Cambridge University Press (2005) Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 185] (1982) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Pevensey Press (2005) London: Scala [page: 205]
Material/s	marble
Accession Number	E.57.1914 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 51708; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-12)

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Marble Islamic stela

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