Edict from Medieval Egypt

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 07 September 2019

Edict from Medieval Egypt — This piece of papyrus is written using both Arabic and Greek languages about an edict of the governor of Egypt. The date is November 22, 713 CE. From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. (The Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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