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The carving depicts the beginning of the basmala: 'in the name of God the Merciful'. This would have introduced verses from the Qur'an, which continued on the exterior surface of the three missing panels. There is another inscription on the other side of the panel which is incised into the stone rather than carved in relief. It also begins with the basmala, then gives the name of the deceased, Muhammad b. Fatik Ashmuli, and the date of his death in the month of Jumada II AH 356 (AD 967).
From Cairo, Egypt, 356 AH/AD 967 Ht45 cm
Purchased with funds from the Brooke Sewell Fund
The carving depicts the beginning of the basmala: 'in the name of God the Merciful'. This would have introduced verses from the Qur'an, which continued on the exterior surface of the three missing panels. There is another inscription on the other side of the panel which is incised into the stone rather than carved in relief. It also begins with the basmala, then gives the name of the deceased, Muhammad b. Fatik Ashmuli, and the date of his death in the month of Jumada II AH 356 (AD 967).
From Cairo, Egypt, 356 AH/AD 967 Ht45 cm
Purchased with funds from the Brooke Sewell Fund