Letter in Pahlavi script

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early 7th century · Ink on papyrus · Islamic Art

This pre-Islamic papyrus fragment shows remains of five lines of Pahlavi script. Pahlavi script was used in Egypt only during the Sassanian occupation during the seventh century. Several thousand papyri fragments are known from this period, mostly private letters, such as this one here.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 7th century

Medium

Ink on papyrus

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of George F. Baker, 1890