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Text 2998
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text 832916
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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
74.1.29.11.4
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Arabic
Content
deed of lease of land by Muḥammad ibn Sa'īd from Dunuw ibn Kinān
Date
14 August 1124–12 September 1124
Notes
Material
paper
Object dimensions
not recorded
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Object colour
Text colour
Lines
12
Height of letters
Description
almost rectangular sheet of paper, written on one side; originally folded vertically a dozen times or so; wide lower margin left uninscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, upper right corner torn off
Date
14 August 1124–12 September 1124
Chronological systems
Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
Dating formulae
Transcription
"the year five-hunderd and eighteen" (l. 5)
"in the first ten days of Rajab of the year five-hunderd and eighteen" (ll. 11–12)
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Rajab
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Abu al-Faris (island): l. 3
Nuba: l. 3
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Khan 2013, pp. 149–151, fig. 1
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