Papyrus Fragment

Unknown

8th–9th century · Ink on papyrus · Islamic Art

Written in similar fashion as X.434, this Arabic papyrus has black ink and a cursive script with rounded letter terminals. Unlike its peer, this fragment contains ten lines of a part of a letter. The format of a letter is visible here through the use of phrases of greeting, benedictory to the addressee and his family.

Artist

Unknown

Date

8th–9th century

Medium

Ink on papyrus

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Museum Accession