Qur'ān, Surah 1 and 112-114 (P.Duk.inv. 274)

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150 dpi image of 274r

150 dpi image of 274v

Catalogue Record

Title: Qur'ān, [not before 700]
Uniform title: Qur'ān. Arabic. Selections.
Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus codex bifolia, thirteen partly joining
	fragments mounted in glass,  incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 7.1 x 18.4 cm. or smaller.
	66 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 274 was written across the fibers on the
	recto; written along the fibers on the verso except
	for two lines on the second fragment and three on
	the third fragment.
	Upper margins of 0.5 cm.; left and right margins of
	0.5 cm.; inside gutters of 0.5 cm.
	Papyrus codex bifolia from Egypt with string attached to spine. Includes chapter
	1 and 112-114 of the Qur'ān. All chapters are written twice.
	In Arabic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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