PPennMuseumArabic

Arabic Papyri (and related materials) at the University of Pennsylvania Museum

Compiled by Robert A. Kraft, starting 06 January 2010

Information extracted from the provisional Museum Inventory list

Bold type indicates that the scanned image is available at the official SCETI site (in process 13 January 2009); most other image links are "unofficial," from digital images taken by R.A.Kraft for research purposes, with permission of the Egyptology section, starting in Fall 2008 (some are from photographs by Jean Walker of the Egyptology staff). [latest update 10 August 2010]

DV = Giorgio Levi DellaVida , who catalogued most of the identified Arabic materials around 1945 [published posthumously in 1981]

Tolley = Harry Tolley, grad student, who helped with this inventory in summer 2003-2004

Inman = V.K.Inman, grad student who worked on the Quranic fragments in 2009-2010

Section One: fragments that probably came from codices (primarily Qur'an)

1.1 Qur'an, (1) on leather, and (2) on paper [about 50]

1.2 Other, (1) on leather, and (2) on paper [about 11]

Section Two: Comprehensive Arabic List [excluding the above, about 155; total 216]

2.1 on papyrus

2.2 on leather

2.3 on paper
--

1.1.1 Qur'an Fragments on leather (parchment, vellum)

90-008-01 vellum, "Tufic" ARABIC Qur'an codex page (side one, side two)

From Ameer Mosque, Cairo; "excavated May 1893 by Dr.H.W.Callahan"

Purchased from Gloucester County NJ Historical Society; 8-9th ce (not in DV)

RAK digital images 03mr2009

RAK digital image of inventory card 20ap2010 [4187-88, 7799]

E 15775 ARABIC Qur'anwith label, A-C [but no Arabic was found under that number, which contained a jumbled mass of what proved to be Hieratic material in a plastic bag, including a soft and pliable large Hieratic papyrus (access restricted), part of which was also in envelope B, plus some smaller scraps; a different heiratic document is in envelope C (access restricted)]

RAK digital images 09je2009

E 16249A two ARABIC vellum leaves Quran, with red markings (not joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact (side one; side two)
RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249B one ARABIC parchment leaf Quran, with red markings (side one, side two)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249C one ARABIC parchment leaf Quran, with red markings (side one, side two)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249D one ARABIC parchment leaf Quran, with red markings (nearly intact; needs flattening; side one, side two)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249E one ARABIC parchment leaf Quran, with red markings (side one, side two)
RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249F (displayed upside down) two ARABIC parchment leaves Quran, with red markings (joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact (side one, side two)
RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249G (displayed upside down) two ARABIC parchment leaves Quran, with red markings (joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact (side one, side two)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249H (displayed upside down) two ARABIC parchment leaves Quran, with red markings (joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact (side one, side two)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16249I two ARABIC parchment leaves Quran, with red markings (joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact (side one, side two)
RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16263 [RAK old note: "several small fragments, including [Arabic] Quran" not in DV as such, but see 16297 and 16415-16416 ("sale or donation" DV #38, plate 26 ]

E 16263C lines and dots, multiple fragments, some ARABIC Qur'an[with 16297?]

RAK xeroxes [not in DV], digital images 03fe2010

panel 1 decomposing leather (very dark; largely illegible)

panel 2 uninscribed leather, black dots/short strokes

panel 3 leather, mostly uninscribed (2 Arabic pieces; probably Qur'an?, with red markings; another inscribed on one side only)

panel 4 (note refers also to 16269C? why?) some Arabic on leather, with red marks, probably Qur'an (one discolored paper ? piece)

E 16264A vellum ARABIC Qur'an 40.85-end and 41.7, with lines, red ink, dots (side one, side two) (DV #127)

E 16264B vellum leaf ARABIC Qur'an 18.47-49 and 18.51-55 (badly damaged; side one, side two), with some red markings (DV #128)

E 16264C vellum ARABIC fragmentary Qur'an 30.1-9 and mostly blank on one side (a header?), nice hand on the other (enhanced image by V.K.Inman) (DV #121; "the script looks old")

E 16264D (two fragments, different MSS) vellum ARABIC Qur'an (frg a) 39.47-56 and 39.58-69, and (frg b) 16.1-4 and 16.11-14, similar to 16264C, with a few red markings (side one, side two) (DV #122)

E 16264E parchment, five+ lines with lower margin, faint red marks, Qur'an3.148-149 (141-132) [DV #125]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264F parchment, (in 3 pieces, with red markings) Qur'an 6147-152 and 152-158 [DV #130]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264G parchment, Qur'an, no red markings (two similar pieces, unrelated?) [DV #123]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264H parchment, (four similar pieces, red markings) Qur'an 40.52-66 [DV #131 -- same Qur'an as #130]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264I parchment, (two similar pieces, badly faded, no red) Qur'an [DV #118]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264J parchment, four lines with red marks and right and lower margins Qur'an 47,23-26 and 29=31 [DV #141]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264K parchment, tall vertical strokes (no red), right margin Qur'an 54.11 and 34 [DV #126]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264L parchment, blurred and discolored (no red), with right margin; Qur'an? [DV #119]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264M parchment, top margin and 7+ lines, with red markings, Qur'an 28.15-17 and 19-21 [DV #139 same as #138 = 16265]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264N parchment, narrow top margin and 7 lines, minimal red, Qur'an? [DV #124]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264O parchment, five lines with red markings and lower margin Qur'an 3.200 and 4.2 [DV #137]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264P parchment, eight+ lines with some red dots and right and lower margins Qur'an 38.60 and 62 [DV #129]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264Q parchment, very dark and shriveled, with some red markings; Qur'an 3.?-4.4 and 4.?-4.8 [DV #136]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264R parchment, six lines with no red and part of right margin; Qur'an [DV #120]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16264S parchment, eight lines (one in red) and lower margin Qur'an 8.67-72 and 8.75-9.3 [DV #135]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16265 ARABIC Qur'an leaf (27.44-46, 49-51) with 7+ lines (DV #138, plate 20) reported stolen (1951/52)

RAK xerox [c 1970] one side

[get images; neg. 35088, 3435 MAN ARA]

E 16266 ARABIC Qur'an leaf "from E 16249" (10.94-end, 11. 1-16) (DV #140) reported stolen (1951/52)

RAK b/w glossy [c 1970] one side

[neg 35089, 3436 MAN ARA]]

E 16267 vellum ARABIC Qur'an (side one, side two), was (cut and) folded like an amulet (DV #133)
RAK xerox

E 16268 ARABIC vellum page, Qur'an (both sides, all margins intact) (DV #134)

RAK xerox, digital images 03fe2010

E 16269A vellum. top and side margins preserved, one red dot, Qur'an [DV "missing"]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16269B vellum. part of all margins preserved, many red marks, Qur'an 2.226-228 [DV #132]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16269C vellum. part of all margins preserved, Qur'an [DV "missing"]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16269D vellum. top, right and lower margins preserved Qur'an 37.170 - 38.4 and 38.4-13 [DV #117 early date possible, 1st AH]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16269E vellum. faded, highly ornamental, all margins intact, Qur'an 59.11-14 and 59.14-17 [DV #142, 5/6 AH]

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010

E 16444 vellum, ARABIC small bifold codex with red markings (side one, side two), Qur'an [not in DV]

Unidentified Arabic (5)

#1 neat vellum codex page (Qur'an?) [7723-24]

#2 decomposing vellum codex page (Qur'an?) [7725-26]

#3 parts of vellum codex bifold (Qur'an?) [7727-28]

#4 complete vellum codex bifold, abraded in center (Qur'an?) [*7729-30]

#5 large vellum codex page, some gold lettering (Qur'an?) [7743-44]

1.1.2 Qur'an Fragments on paper

E 16680 ARABIC paper (side one, side two), codex double page, Qur'an (DV #143)

E 16685 ARABIC paper (side one, side two [upside down, different hands]), Qur'an (DV #144)

E 16686 ARABIC paper (side one, side two), carelessly written, different hands, Qur'an (DV #145)

1.2.1 Other codex fragments: vellum

E 16546A-D vellum, ARABIC bifold codex (side one, side two) four pages "from a book of facetious stories" (DV #156, plate 23)

E 16546B vellum, ARABIC bifold codex (side one, side two) [see above]

E 16546C vellum, ARABIC bifold codex (side one, side two) [see above]

E 16546D vellum, ARABIC bifold codex (side one, side two) [see above]

1.2.2 Other codex fragments: paper

E 16465 paper codex, Coptic and Arabic, bilingual "Christian text" (DV #160) but probably not the same hand(s) as the other similar fragments [see 16466, 16637-39, 16691.08]

E 16466 paper codex, Coptic and Arabic, bilingual "Christian text" (DV #161), but not the same hand(s) as the other similar fragments [see 16465, 16637-39, 16691.08]

E 16637 (side one, side two) & 16638 + 16639 (side one, side two) paper, ARABIC and COPTIC bilingual,codex ("Christian text . . . Menologion . . . Matt " & "Mk 2.17" & "Matt 9.19-21" DV ##157-159)

RAK color slides (2) [see also similar texts 16465-66, 16691.08]

E 16640 paper, ARABIC and COPTIC bilingual (upside down to each other) "unclassified" and probably not "literature" (DV #184)

E 16665 ARABIC paper codex bifolio (parts of 4 pages; side one, side two), "unclassified" (DV #188)

E 16679 ARABIC paper codex? (lower page corner; side one, side two), of "dubious character" (DV #166)

E 16691 .08 Coptic and Arabic paper [part of 16637-39?] [not in DV]

E 16695 papyrus, + [about 100 pieces, mostly papyrus, of which 30 or so are small scraps) MIXED marked d by WMM]

panel #4 (backside #4) -- 17 pieces

paper codices with Arabic (3) (folded over areas restored) [not in DV]

--[Section two: Comprehensive Arabic List (including section one, "x" prefixed)]

x 90-008-01 vellum, ARABIC codex page (side one, side two)

RAK digital images 03mr2009 [not in DV]

x E 15775 ARABIC Qur'anwith label, A-C [but no Arabic was found under that number, which contained a jumbled mass of what proved to be Hieratic material in a plastic bag, including a soft and pliable large Hieratic papyrus (access restricted), part of which was also in envelope B, plus some smaller scraps; a different heiratic document is in envelope C (access restricted)]

RAK digital images 09je2009

E 16239 papyrus,

COPTIC -- List? / ARABIC || ("fragment of a letter" DV #79)

E 16240 ARABIC || ("conclusion [first part?] of an official letter" DV #3, plate 1; 29fe764) / Coptic -- [stolen, 1951/52]

[get images; neg. 35028-35037[false! see 16320], 3434 MAN ARA]

E 16242 papyrus,

ARABIC -- ("fragment of a letter" DV #80) / COPTIC ||

RAK xerox (dark)

E 16245 [upside down]

DATE: 9th-10th CE

CONTENTS: LEASE

MATERIAL: papyrus,

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC -- / ARABIC || ("lease of land" DV #30)

NOTES: RAK xerox (dark)

neg 35029

x E 16249A two ARABIC parchment leaves Qur'an(joined?) = 4 pages, nearly intact
RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249B one ARABIC parchment leaf Qur'an(badly damaged)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249C one ARABIC parchment leaf Qur'an(badly damaged)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249D one ARABIC parchment leaf Qur'an(nearly intact; needs flattening)

RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249E one ARABIC parchment leaf Qur'an(damaged)
RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249F two ARABIC parchment leaves Qur'an(joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact
RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249G two ARABIC parchment leaves Qur'an(joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact

RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249H two ARABIC parchment leaves Qur'an(joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact

RAK xerox [not in DV]

x E 16249I two ARABIC parchment leaves Qur'an(joined) = 4 pages, nearly intact
RAK xerox [not in DV]

E 16251 ARABIC parchment leaf (damaged) "fragment of a calendar" (DV #153, plate 22) side two upside down in relation to side one

RAK xerox [degeneration obvious]

[[E 16252]] ARABIC page (both sides) "letter written by Mamluk officer" (DV #114)

RAK xerox [get image]

E 16253 two ARABIC parchment leaves (joined) = 4 pages, one side of one page blank? "fragment of a work on tradition" (DV #146)
RAK xerox

E 16255 paper ARABIC label? (intact?) / ARABIC written perpendicular (one margin preserved) "account of farm produces" (DV #64)
RAK xerox

E 16258 paper ARABIC both sides (clear folds)"index to an account book" (DV #66 #154)
RAK xerox

E 16263 [RAK old note: "several small fragments, including [Arabic] Quran" not in DV as such, but see 16297 and 16415-16416 ("sale or donation" DV #38, plate 26 ]

E 16263C lines and dots, multiple fragments, some ARABIC Qur'an [with 16297?]

RAK xeroxes [not in DV], digital images 03fe2010

panel 1 decomposing leather (very dark; largely illegible)

panel 2 uninscribed leather, black dots/short strokes

x panel 3 leather, mostly uninscribed (2 Arabic pieces; probably Qur'an?, with red markings; another inscribed on one side only)

x panel 4 (note refers also to 16269C? why?) some Arabic on leather, with red markings, probably Qur'an (one discolored paper ? piece)

x E 16264A vellum ARABIC Quran (?) with lines, red ink, dots (both sides) (DV #127)

x E 16264B vellum ARABIC Quran leaf (badly damaged), with some red markings (DV #128)

x E 16264C vellum ARABIC fragmentary Quran leaf mostly blank on one side, nice hand (enhanced image by V.K.Inman) (DV #121)

x E 16264D vellum ARABIC Quran similar to 16264C, both sides (DV #122)

[[E 16264E-P R-S Arabic Quran

RAK xeroxes of all, digital images 03fe2010 ]]

x E 16264E five+ lines with lower margin Quran 3.148-149 (141-132) [DV #125]

x 16264F (in 3 pieces) Qur'an 6147-152 and 152-158 [DV #130]

x E 16264G (two similar pieces, unrelated?) [DV #123]

x E 16264H (four similar pieces) Qur'an 40.52-66 [DV #131 -- same Qur'an as #130]

x E 16264I (two similar pieces) [DV #118]

x E 16264J four lines with right and lower margins Qur'an 47,23-26 and 29=31 [DV #141]

x E 16264K tall vertical strokes, right margin Qur'an 54.11 and 34 [DV #126]

x E 16264L blurred and discolored, with right margin [DV #119]

x E 16264M top margin and 7+ lines Qur'an 28.15-17 and 19-21 [DV #139 same as #138 = 16265]

x E 16264N narrow top margin and 7 lines [DV #124]

x E 16264O five lines with lower margin Qur'an 3.200 and 4.2 [DV #137]

x E 16264P eight+ lines with right and lower margins Qur'an 38.60 and 62 [DV #129]

x E 16264Q very dark and shriveled Qur'an 3.?-4.4 and 4.?-4.8 [DV #136]

x E 16264R six lines with part of right margin [DV #120]

x E 16264S eight lines (one red) and lower margin Qur'an 8.67-72 and 8.75-9.3 [DV #135]

x E 16265 ARABIC Qur'an leaf (27.44-46, 49-51) with 7+ lines (DV #138, plate 20) reported stolen (1951/52)

RAK xerox [c 1970] one side

[get images; neg. 35088, 3435 MAN ARA]

x E 16266 ARABIC Qur'an leaf "from E 16249" (10.94-end, 11. 1-16) (DV #140) reported stolen (1951/52)

RAK b/w glossy [c 1970] one side

[neg 35089, 3436 MAN ARA]]

x E 16267 vellum ARABIC both sides (DV #133)
RAK xerox

x E 16268 ARABIC vellum leaf (both sides, all margins intact) (DV #134)

RAK xerox, digital images 03fe2010

[[E 16269A-E ARABIC vellum

RAK xeroxes, digital images 03fe2010]]

x E 16269A top and side margins preserved [DV "missing"]

x E 16269B part of all margins preserved Qur'an 2.226-228 [DV #132]

x E 16269C part of all margins preserved [DV "missing"]

x E 16269D top, right and lower margins preserved Qur'an 37.170 - 38.4 snd 38.4-13 [DV #117 early date possible, 1st AH]

x E 16269E faded, highly ornamental, all margins intact Qur'an 59.11-14 and 59.14-17 [DV #142, 5/6 AH]

E 16270 papyrus,

COPTIC -- (scribbly) / ARABIC ||("fragment of a letter" DV #81)
RAK xerox (dark)

E 16271 scribbly and faint vellum amulet in ARABIC? intact with folds (back blank) "fragment of dubious character" (DV #163)

RAK xerox

E 16272 papyrus, ARABIC: land tax receipt (275 ah=my888/889 ce; DV #12, plate 7)

RAK xerox; digital images 17fe2010

archives 35031

E 16273 papyrus, ARABIC: final part of receipt for land tax (247 ah=861/862 ce, DV #10) includes wax seal and cord [at conservation dept, 04/2009]

RAK xerox one side, digital images 17fe2010 [*6640-41]

archive 35032

E 16274 papyrus, ARABIC: tax receipt -- (3rd ah=9th ce; DV #75, plate 2) / private letter (242 ah= 18my856 ce; DV #9, plate 15)

RAK xerox both sides; digital images 17fe2010

E 16285(C) (upside down) papyrus ARABIC / Coptic [DV #168 "unclassified"]

two joined pieces with parts of 10 Arabic lines, then parts of 8 Coptic -- / parts of 20 more lines of Coptic ||

E 16296 papyrus, ( see 16292)

MIXED ["numerous fragments ... Coptic ... uncials, also documents in cursive Coptic and/or Greek, Arabic; #57 by WMM] (Coptic fragments, G.John? see 16292)

[RAK xerox, and old note: "several small [Arabic] fragments"; not in DV]

[get images]

E 16297 -- see 16415-16 [Arabic? blackened papyrus on fabric, covered with viscous substance; DV #38, pl. 26] see also 16263 (in "Blue Box") probably from a single document

RAK xeroxes; RAK digital images and card 30je2009, special photography as well by Giovanni Verri [*4936-38]

RAK digital images 19my2010 [mounted in glass *8063-64]

E 16303 papyrus, MIXED [missing as of 19ja2010 check]

RAK digital images 27ja2010 (Coptic paper found, top line in Arabic [not in DV], then 4 Coptic lines on side one, six Coptic lines on side two) [*6349-50; has museum #]

E 16306

.21 possibly Arabic, probably not literary [not in DV]

E 16309 ARABIC "marriage contract" (DV #27); also DV, "A Marriage Contract on Parchment from Matimite Egypt," L.A.Mayer Memorial Volume (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society 1964) 64-69

RAK digital image 17fe2010 [6593]

E 16311 paper ARABIC "prayers and charms" (DV #150, plate 19) stolen (1951/52); DV "Science on the March: An Arabic Block Print," Scientific Monthly 59 (1944) 473-474

[get images]

E 16312 ARABIC "fragment of an account" (DV #56) / "fragment of a letter" (DV #89), including a clay seal [closeup image in DV]

RAK digital images 17fe2010

neg 35036

E 16315C GREEK or COPTIC -- / ARABIC? ||

E 16320 ARABIC "acquittance of a debt" (DV #36) / "unclassified fragment" (DV #169)

RAK digital images 17fe2010 [*6589-90]

archive 35037

E 16384 paper,

COPTIC left side / scribblings and ARABIC note? [not in DV]

E 16390 paper,

COPTIC boths sides, upside down to each other (ARABIC mg note?) [not in DV]

E 16397 papyrus,

ARABIC and COPTIC || / one line ARABIC -- [DV #110 "letter"]

E 16401 papyrus,

COPTIC extensive text -- / 3 lines ARABIC? || [not in DV]

E 16412 large ARABIC register containing 4 documents on each side (268 AH = 881/882 ce; DV #31, pl. 25 --joins with next item) and some Coptic notations

neg. 3402 A-B; RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6761-63]

E 16413 [see previous item] Arabic (DV #31)

E 16414 ARABIC fuller text || / perpendicular some partial lines || ("private letter" DV #21, plate 26) ("list of taxpayers" DV #96, plate 1)

E 16415 ARABIC brittle both sides (margin on right -- side, large lower margins) ("sale or donation" DV ##38 & 84, plate 26; see 16297 + 16415-16 [blackened papyrus on fabric, covered with viscous substance])

RAK digital image 09je2009

E 16416 [see 16297 + 16415-16] ARABIC [DV #38,84; plate 26]

RAK digital images 09je2009 and 16je2009 [4824-27, 4883-86] [large pieces, joins?]

E 16417 ARABIC with Coptic/Greek letters ]ROH || (deed of lease of state land, Ramadan 178 ah = winter 794 ce; DV #7) / back blank --

E 16418 ARABIC right and lower margins || ("declaration of divorce" DV #28, plate 8) / back blank --

E 16419 ARABIC right and lower margins -- ("signatures of witnesses" DV #47) / traces of ink (blotted?) ||

E 16420 papyrus, ARABIC || ("signatures of witnesses" DV #46) / blank --

E 16421 ARABIC intact? || (receipt for land tax, 255 ah=868/869 ce; DV #11 plate 4) / blank --

E 16422 ARABIC both sides, different hands: "signatures of witnesses" (DV #48, plate 11) / letter (DV #85)

E 16423 ARABIC almost intact? || "letter concerning escape of a slave girl" (DV #74) / blank --

E 16424 ARABIC both -- (taxpayers "see #22 [=16424]" DV #22) and / || (fragment of a protocol? 3rd AH/9th ce; DV #2)

E 16425 ARABIC receipt for poll tax (300 ah=912/913 ce; DV #14, plate 3) || / another of same -- (DV #15)

E 16426 ARABIC both sides, different hands "list of taxpayers" (DV #24) / letter (DV #86)

E 16427 ARABIC both sides, different hands? (deed of lease of state land, 3rd ah=9th ce; DV #8, plate 3) / letter (DV #87)

E 16428 ARABIC account? || ("list of taxpayers" DV #23, plate 4) / back blank --

E 16429 four unrelated Arabic scraps and four very small Greek/Coptic

RAK digital images 16je2009 [not in DV]

E 16430 paper, ARABIC, back perpendicular "document concerning divorce" (DV #43) / "unclassified" (DV #181)

E 16431 paper, ARABIC, two or more columns each side "military expenditures" (DV #67, plates 16-17)

E 16432 ARABIC paper "acknowledgement of a debt in wheat" (DV #33, plate 9) [stolen (1951/52)]

[get images; neg 35074-75, 3433 A-B MAN ARA]

E 16433 ARABIC paper, back 2 lines, folded horizontally "letter by Mamluk officer" (DV #113, plate18)

E 16434 ARABIC paper complete letter? ("ackn of debt in wheat & clover" DV #34, plate 10), back blank, folded horizontally

E 16435 ARABIC paper jumbled & packed, back only a few lines, folded horizontally "purchase of a house" (DV #29, plates 6-7)

E 16436 ARABIC paper two columns or pages [only one side imaged?] "letter" and "guide to search for hidden treasures" (DV #78, #155)

E 16437 ARABIC paper both sides "farmer's account" (DV #62, plate 14)

E 16438 ARABIC paper: authorizztion to cut and store crops / 6 lines of a private letter (4/5th ah/10/11 ce; DV ##5 [plate 1], 63)

E 16439 ARABIC paper both sides "builder's account" (DV #65, plate 19) / letter (DV #111)

E 16440 ARABIC paper both sides but mostly margins (first part of an official letter dated 21 Dhu'l-hijra 146 ah/29fe764 ce; DV #182)

E 16441 ARABIC paper amulet with symbols "prayers and charms" (DV #151) / back blank

E 16442 ARABIC paper both sides "scroll of debtors & creditors" (DV #70)

E 16443 ARABIC paper decorated with images one side "Christian text" mentions Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (DV #162, plate 21) / single line of writing on back

x E 16444 vellum, ARABIC small bifold codex with red vowels Qur'an[not in DV]

E 16445 COPTIC? Arabic? vellum amulet very light letters and images (several folds) (DV #152)

E 16446 COPTIC or GREEK and ARABIC? papyrus both sides (DV #171 #172)

E 16451 [several fragments, jigsaw puzzle; large letters or design]]

DATE:

CONTENTS: LETTER?

MATERIAL: papyrus,

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: This piece has two small fragments with it (DV #1 Arabic fragment of a protocol, 3rd ah=9th ce)
TRANSCRIPTION:

RAK digital images (panel 1 (7 pieces), panel 2 (13 pieces [some normal writing as well]), panel 3 (12+ pieces) 16je2009

E 16452 COPTIC -- / ARABIC || (summons to appear in court, 3rd ah/9th ce; DV #4)

E 16453 papyrus, COPTIC -- / ARABIC || letter (DV #88) [upside down to each other]

RAK digital images 19ja2010

E 16454 papyrus,

COPTIC quick/careless hand -- / ARABIC || letter (DV #89)

E 16455 papyrus,

ARABIC (and/or COPTIC?) part of two lines -- (DV # 170) / blank ||

E 16456 papyrus,

COPTIC lower right corner -- / ARABIC ||(letter DV #90)

E 16457 papyrus,

COPTIC sloppy -- / ARABIC || (DV #45)

E 16458 papyrus,

COPTIC || / ARABIC -- (letter DV #91)

E 16459

DATE: 8th CE

CONTENTS: PRIVATE LETTER

MATERIAL: papyrus,

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC -- / ARABIC || ("account" DV #57)

NOTES: SEE Leslie S. B. MacCoull, "A Coptic Letter in the University Museum, Philadelphia," BASP 13 (1976) 15-16.

E 16460 papyrus,

COPTIC -- / ARABIC || (letter DV #92)

E 16461 papyrus,

COPTIC perpendicular and also -- / ARABIC || (letter DV #93)

E 16462

COPTIC and ARABIC mix both sides || "account book" (DV #55, plate 13) /letter (DV #94)

E 16463 paper,

COPTIC paper [90 degrees] / ARABIC perpendicular (DV #183)

E 16464 paper,

COPTIC paper / ARABIC two cols ("account" DV #69)

x E 16465 paper,

COPTIC and ARABIC bilingual paper codex? (one side only ARABIC) "Christian text" (DV #160)

x E 16466 paper,

COPTIC and ARABIC bilingual paper codex? (one side only ARABIC) "Christian text" (DV #161)

E 16467 vellum,
COPTIC codex page, with ARABIC perpendicular in the margin on the hair side "ackn of debt" (DV #35)

RAK digital images 2009

E 16469 papyrus,

COPTIC || / ARABIC -- (DV #173)

E 16470 Symbols (COPTIC? ARABIC?) -- (DV #174) / scribbles ||

E 16471 papyrus,

GREEK (upside down) -- / ARABIC (both ways) "Taxpayers" (DV #25) 9 CENT AD [numbered 31a by WMM]

E 16472 papyrus,

GREEK (upside down) || / ARABIC -- "deeds" (DV #37) 874 AD

E 16473 papyrus,

GREEK or COPTIC -- / ARABIC || (letter DV #95)

E 16474 ["This page was not scanned"] papyrus,

ARABIC surrounded by Greek [very large, main side || / other side mostly blank, some Greek -- ] tax list ( DV #26)

9 CENT CE [numbered 32 by WMM]

RAK digital images 2009

E 16477 papyrus,

ARABIC -- (register of estimated taxes for Ushmun in Lower Ansina, 3rd ah=9th ce; DV #19 plate 25) / GREEK || [accounts, tabulated numerals; numbered 3 by WMM] 9 CENT AD

RAK digital image 2009

E 16478 papyrus, ARABIC -- account (DV #58) / other side blank |

E 16492C papyrus, ARABIC? (very faint) || / blank -- [Weber, n.22 "surely not Pahlavi"] [not in DV]

E 16504 HEBREW paper, Arabic commentary on Leviticus with Hebrew text [not in DV]

E 16506 ARABIC in HEBREW letters, theological treatise [not in DV]

E 16517 HEBREW paper letter, Judaeo-Arabic [not in DV]

E 16518 HEBREW paper, Prayer book [Judeo-Arabic; Goitein] [not in DV]

E 16521 HEBREW paper with ARABIC colophon; Prayers for 9th of Ab [not in DV]

E 16522 HEBREW paper letter, Judaeo-Arabic [not in DV]

E 16529 papyrus, ARABIC "unclassified" (DV #175)
RAK digital images 17fe2010

x E 16546A vellum, ARABIC bifold codex "from a book of facetious stories" (DV #156, plate 23)

x E 16546B vellum, ARABIC bifold codex [see above]

x E 16546C vellum, ARABIC bifold codex [see above]

x E 16546D vellum, ARABIC bifold codex [see above]

E 16633 papyrus,

cursive Coptic, 10 lines || / 5 lines of Coptic with two lines of Arabic --

RAK digital images 19ja2010 [not in DV]

x E 16637 + 16638 + 16639 paper,

ARABIC and COPTIC bilingual, both sides codex ("Christian text . . . Menologion . . . Matt " & "Mk 2.17" & "Matt 9.19-21" DV ##157-159)

RAK color slides (2) [see 16637-9, 16691.08]

x E 16640 paper,

ARABIC and COPTIC bilingual both sides (one upside down) "unclassified" (DV #184)

E 16641 papyrus,

GREEK -- / ARABIC [so BG; but it looks all Greek (11+ lines)] || [marked b by WMM] [not in DV]

RAK digital images 19ja2010

E 16642 papyrus, ARABIC lower left corner || letter (DV #96) / blank --

E 16643 papyrus, ARABIC || / jumble, GREEK and ARABIC? -- "account" and "letter" (DV ##59, 97)

E 16644 papyrus, ARABIC -- "Prayers and charms" (DV #147) / blank ||

E 16645 papyrus, ARABIC two directions of writing / doodles? "account" and "letter" (DV ##61, 98)

E 16646 papyrus, ARABIC || "Prayers and charms" (DV #148, plate 21) / upside down --

E 16647 papyrus, ARABIC [with 16654]("register of tax-payer paying poll, land, and pasture tax" DV #20, plate 5)

E 16648 papyrus, ARABIC -- "signatures of witnesses" DV #49, plate 21) / blank ||

E 16649 papyrus, ARABIC both sides "private account" and "letter" (DV ##53, 99)

E 16650 papyrus, ARABIC -- / blank || [not in DV]

E 16651 papyrus, ARABIC || letter (DV #100) / blank --

E 16652 papyrus, ARABIC both sides (different hands) letter (DV #101, 102)

E 16653 & 16666 papyrus, ARABIC || signatures of witnesses (DV #44) / blank --

E 16654 papyrus, ARABIC [with 16647] ("register of tax-payer paying poll, land, and pasture tax" DV #20, plate 5)

E 16655 papyrus, ARABIC both sides (different hands) letters (DV #103, 104)

E 16656 large papyrus, ARABIC calligraphy practice by government clerk (3/4th ah=9/10th ce; DV #6)

RAK digital images 17fe2010

E 16657 ARABIC paper both sides (different hands, many folds) "letter by Mamluk official" (DV #115)

E 16658 ARABIC paper both sides (different hands) "unspecified" ahd "various accounts" (DV ##42, 71)

E 16659 ARABIC paper both sides (different hands) "unclassified" (DV #185)

E 16660 ARABIC paper both sides (different hands) letter (DV #112)

E 16661 ARABIC paper one side only "unclassified" (DV #186)

E 16662 ARABIC paper both sides (different hands?)"unclassified" (DV #187)

E 16663 [RAK old note: "three small [Arabic] paper scraps" not in DV]

E 16664 papyrus, ARABIC both sides (design dividing text on ||) "prayers and charms" (DV #149)

x E 16665 ARABIC paper both sides, codex fold (parts of 4 pages)"unclassified" (DV #188)

E 16666 (see 16653 & 16666 papyrus, ARABIC || signatures of witnesses (DV #44) / blank --)

E 16667 papyrus, ARABIC both sides, perpendicular to each other || "account of druggist" and "letter" (DV #52, plate 9, and #105)

E 16668 papyrus, ARABIC ||letter (DV #106) / blank --

E 16669 papyrus, GREEK or COPTIC three letters -- (big K?) / blank || (ARABIC? "unclassified" DV #176)

E 16670 [with 16672] papyrus, ARABIC || "invitation to a party" (DV #77) / blank --

E 16671 papyrus, ARABIC -- letter (DV #107) / blank ||

E 16672 [with 16670] papyrus, ARABIC upper left corner (note tape marks) || "invitation to a party" (DV #77) / blank --

E 16673 papyrus, ARABIC left margin || / two lines -- "private accounts" (DV #54, plate 12)

E 16674 papyrus, ARABIC -- letter (DV #108) / || [wouldn't display]

E 16675 ARABIC paper both sides, "detached sheet from an account book" (DV #68)

E 16676 ARABIC paper both sides, document "letter by Mamluk officer" (DV #116)

E 16677 ARABIC paper / faint HEBREW letters? "dubious character" (DV #164)

E 16678 ARABIC paper / [wouldn't display] "dubious character" (DV #167)

x E 16679 ARABIC paper both sides, codex? (lower page corner) "dubious character" (DV #166)

x E 16680 ARABIC paper both sides, codex double page Qur'an(DV #143)

E 16681 ARABIC paper / [wouldn't display] (upper part of land tax receipt, nd; DV #18)

E 16682 ARABIC paper both sides, document "various accounts" (DV #72)

E 16683 ARABIC paper both sides, document (practice; monograms?) "account" (DV #73)

E 16684 ARABIC paper both sides, document, scribbles on one side "dubious character" (DV #165)

x E 16685 ARABIC paper both sides, different hands Qur'an(DV #144)

x E 16686 ARABIC paper both sides, different hands Qur'an(DV #145)

E 16688 papyrus, GREEK Byzanyine (and ARABIC?) -- / [image lacking] [not in DV]

E 16689 papyrus, COPTIC parts of two lines || / doodles -- [possibly ARABIC] [not in DV]

E 16690 papyrus, + MIXED [numerous fragments in various languages. sizes and materials]

5 pieces, mostly Arabic= panel 1 (vellum); [not in DV]

E 16690.04 mutilated vellum Arabic fragment [not in DV]

E 16690.10 Arabic paper, both sides (different directions) [not in DV]

E 16691 papyrus, + MIXED

panel 1 [blank scraps],

panel 2 [scraps]

RAK digital images 27jl2009 (and RAK notes on vellum fragments, and Coptic-Arabic) [not in DV]

[there were "22 folders" with about 400 fragments plus some small scraps ca 1966]

E 16691.02 Arabic paper (writing on one side only) [not in DV]

E 16691.03 Arabic paper (writing on both sides) [not in DV]

E 16691.04 Arabic paper (writing on both sides) [not in DV]

E 16691.05 Arabic paper (writing on both sides) [not in DV]

E 16691.06 Arabic paper (writing on both sides) [not in DV]

E 16691.07 Arabic paper (writing on back of a cover?) [not in DV]

x E 16691.08 Coptic and Arabic paper [part of 16637-9?] [not in DV]

E 16695 papyrus, + [about 100 pieces, mostly papyrus, of which 30 or so are small scraps) MIXED marked d by WMM]

panel #4 (backside #4) -- 17 pieces

x paper codices with Arabic (3) [not in DV]
unidentified paper (1)

E 16697 [6 frg on xerox, at 16256 !] papyrus, +

MIXED /5

[RAK old note: includes Arabic] [not in DV]

E 16702 papyrus, ARABIC letter (DV #109, plate 19) -- / blank? ||

RAK digital image 06ja2010 [has "E16654" then "E16655" crossed out]

E 16745 [RAK old note: "Demotic and Arabic"] [not in DV] [link image]
RAK digital images 17fe2010 [*6635-36]

E 16766 papyrus, GREEK -- / ARABIC || "unclassified" (DV #177)

RAK digital image 06ja2010

E 16767 papyrus, ARABIC: traces of 4 illegible lines -- / one broken line (tax receipt, 390 ah=902/903 ce; DV #13 & 41) [several pieces under glass; at conservation dept, 04/2009] RAK digital images 25fe2010

E 16768 papyrus, ARABIC "unclassified" (DV #178)

RAK digital images 24fe2010 [*6581-86]

E 16769 papyrus [seven pieces under glass; at conservation dept, 04/2009]

RAK digital images 25fe2010 [*6644-45]

E 16769A papyrus, ARABIC: part of land tax receipt -- (3rd ah=9th ce; DV #16) / || acknowledgement of debt in wheat

E 16769A-D papyrus, ARABIC || "ackn of debt in wheat" (DV #32)

E 16769E papyrus, ARABIC "private deed" (DV #39)

E 16769F papyrus, ARABIC "private deed" (DV #50)

E 16769G papyrus, ARABIC "unclassified" (DV #40, 179)

E 16769H papyrus, ARABIC "tax receipt" (DV #17, 51)

E 16770 papyrus, ARABIC "unclassified" (DV #180)

RAK digital image 06ja2010 [*6042-43]

box C: [not in DV]

09.1 (16303) one Arabic and 4 Coptic lines one side / 6 Coptic lines other side vertically turned

12.1 seven Coptic pieces

12.1.4 nearly illegible Arabic & Coptic? || / parts of 6 Coptic lines --

16.3 Greek/Coptic -- / Arabic ||

box C, folder 23 [3 fragments, Coptic one side, Arabic? other]

23.1 Coptic || / Arabic --

23.2 Coptic -- / something else ||

23.3 Coptic -- / Arabic ||

box D, folder 13 (10+ "Arabic" pieces) [not in DV]

13.01 Arabic? || / blank -- (colors manipulated)

13.02 Arabic? || / blank ? --

13.03 Arabic || / blank --

13.04 Arabic || / blank --

13.05-11 scraps (possibly some Arabic)

box D, folder 14 (4 Arabic pieces, 1 blank)

box D, folder 15 (15++ Arabic pieces)

15.1 Arabic, 6 pieces

15.2 Arabic, 6 pieces

15.3 Arabic, 3 pieces plus 9 scraps

box D, folder 16 (11+ Arabic pieces)

16.1 Arabic, 3 pieces writing on both sides

16.2 mixed: 1 byz Greek?, 5 Arabic, misc. scraps

16.3 large Arabic, parts of 4 lines || / one line --

16.4 one line, very faint Arabic? || / blank --

box D, folder 22

22.1 (13+ Arabic pieces)

22.2 (Arabic, 6 papyri, 1 paper)

22.2.1 large Arabic (broken piece attached) parts of 9 lines || / parts of at least 4 lines --

22.3 ( 2 Arabic/Pahlavi)

22.4 ( 5 Arabic/Pahlavi)

22.5 (3 Arabic/Pahlavi)

22.6 (9+ Arabic/Pahlavi)

box D, folder 24 (? 30+ including Demotic ?)

24.1 (8 pieces, writing on both sides) some Arabic

24.2 (8+ pieces, writing only one side) some Demotic?

24.3 (9 pieces; two blank, four inscribed both sides) mostly Arabic

24.4 (one large piece, 10+ smaller, and scraps) Arabic?

box D, folder 26 (12 Arabic?)

26.1 four pieces inscribed both sides (and one scrap), at least two Arabic

26.2 some Arabic, among 8 pieces and a scrap (one side only)

box E: [not in DV]

09.2.03 part of 3 Coptic(?) lines -- / Arabic(?) ||
41.3a.1 ragged pieces, etc.,

41.3a.1.3 evidence of two lines, Arabic? || / blank -

x Unidentified Arabic (5)

#1 neat vellum codex page (Qur'an?) [7723-24]

#2 decomposing vellum codex page (Qur'an?) [7725-26]

#3 parts of vellum codex bifold (Qur'an?) [7727-28]

#4 complete vellum codex bifold, abraded in center (Qur'an?) [*7729-30]

#5 large vellum codex page, some gold lettering (Qur'an?) [7743-44]

//latest update 10au2010//