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Publ./Side: Recto
Material: Papyrus
Items: 1
Size: 6.0 x 13.5 cm.
Lines: 8
Negative: Transparency
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Date: VI-IX C. AD
Provenance: Unknown
Acquisition: Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942
Language: Arabic
Genre: Sub-literary
Author: Unknown
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Content: Magical text written in Kufic en négatif script similar to Nabataean/Early Islamic-Arabic scripts. Probably used as an amulet. There are several lines in red ink (ll. 5-7) and traces of 3 lines of Greek on the verso.

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