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Egyptian slab with inscription of Caliph Al-Amir, Arabian Museum, Cairo

Photograph
ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a slab carved with Egyptian text.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEgyptian slab with inscription of Caliph Al-Amir, Arabian Museum, Cairo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Pascal Sebah of Egyptian slab with inscription of Caliph Al-Amir, Arabian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, ca. 1880
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a slab carved with Egyptian text.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 26.5cm
  • Mount width: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Inscription of Calif. Al-Amir, Arabian Museum, Cairo, Egyptian (Saracenic)'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Object history
This photograph is one of a set (numbered 85520 to 85545) taken by Pascal Sebah and presented to the Museum by the Ministers of Public Worship, Cairo, in 1884
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Association
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Herz, Max. Catalogue sommaire des monuments exposés dans le Musée national de l'art arabe. Cairo: G. Lekegian & cie, 1895.
Collection
Accession number
85527

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Record createdApril 15, 2014
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