Kufic Funerary Inscription
Kufic Funerary Inscription
Place of OriginEgypt, Fostat (Cairo)
Date10th century
DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (15.7 cm); L: 28 in. (71 cm); Thickness: 1/2 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumCarved wood with paint.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1925.138
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DescriptionPanel with three lines of Kufic.
13th-14th century
13th-14th century
1st-2nd century CE
18th century BCE
around 1900 BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE)
18th century BCE
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