Asset Overview
ID: MKGHamburg 2021.45
Object type: tomb stone
Origin: Egypt, probably Fustat
Date/Period: 850 c.E. Abbassid
Material: marble
Measurements: 46,3 cm (height); 50, 5 cm (width)
Language: Arabic
Provenance: received from Collection of Völkerkundemuseum Hamburg in 1925
Museum/Collection: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Inv. 2021.45
The research for this 3D object was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.