Lidded Box
1310-1341 (made)
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Cylindrical brass box with inscriptions and arabesque decorative bands.
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Materials and techniques | Hammered brass with traces of inlay on decorative arabesque as well as on the inscriptions |
Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Box, cylindrical, brass inscribed in Arabic with honorific titles, Mamluk Egypt, 1310-1341. |
Physical description | Cylindrical brass box with inscriptions and arabesque decorative bands. |
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Accession number | 842:1, 2-1891 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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