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Fragments of an early Islamic Arabic papyrus from Khirbet Hamrā Ifdān
Author(s) -
Friedman Hannah,
Vorderstrasse Tasha,
Mairs Rachel,
Adams Russell
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12099
Subject(s) - papyrus , islam , archaeology , excavation , parallels , ancient history , arabic , geography , art , history , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , mechanical engineering
Excavations in 2013 at the site of Khirbet Hamrā Ifdān in the Faynān revealed several pieces of an Arabic papyrus, the first ever found in Jordan. Although the papyrus is poorly preserved, a detailed analysis of the fragments based on parallels have suggested that it dates to the late seventh/early–mid‐eighth century AD . This article discusses the papyrus fragments and places them within their papyrological and archaeological contexts.