The Challenges of a Purchase by the Berlin Papyrus Collection in 1926

Where do Arabic papyri come from? The article shifts the question to "How did the Arabic papyri reach modern institutions, and why do we know so little about their provenance"? In an exemplary way, the purchase of 142 texts from Maurice Nahman in Cairo by the Berlin Papyrus collection in 1...

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Main Author: Sonego, Leonora (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Der Islam
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 488-520
Further subjects:B ʿAbbāsid Egypt
B Archeology
B antiques business
B Arabic Papyri
B Museums
B collectors and collecting
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