papyrus
Egypt
7th Century
Source: Sowmeya Sathiyaman, Mathieu Tillier, Naïm Vanthieghem, Claudia Colini. Leafing through time: Ink Analysis of the longest Qur’an on Papyrus. 2023 IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, ACTA IMEKO, pp.851-855, 2023, 978-92-990090-6-2.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Cyperus papyrus
Evidence
"The fragments preserved at the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, under the shelfmark P. Hamb. Arab. 68 are, to date, the longest and oldest excerpt of extant Qurʾān on papyrus."
Remarks
The papyrus was obtained by cutting a scroll, as indicated by joints on specific folios (P. Hamb. Arab. 68.2, 3 and 7). Seven bifolia were folded and stitched into a single quire measuring circa 20 x 25 cm (p. 852). The use of papyrus for a Qur'an is unusual, as parchment was the preferred prestige material (p. 851, 854).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
XRF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypePapyrus
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year650
Source Information
AuthorSowmeya Sathiyaman, Mathieu Tillier, Naïm Vanthieghem, Claudia Colini. Leafing through time: Ink Analysis of the longest Qur’an on Papyrus. 2023 IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, ACTA IMEKO, pp.851-855, 2023, 978-92-990090-6-2.
CollectionEgypt
Language
N/A
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