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Fustat finds : beads, coins, medical instruments, textiles, and other artifacts from the Awad collection / edited by Jere L. Bacharach.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2002.Description: xi, 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9774243935
  • 9789774243936
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 513 DT 69.5 F995 2002
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Foreword Ibrahim Abd al-Rahman & 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Tawwab -- Introduction Jere L. Bacharach -- Beads Peter Francis, Jr. -- Bone, Ivory, and Wood Jere L. Bacharach & Elizabeth Rodenbeck -- Coins -- Introduction Jere L. Bacharach -- Coin Table: -- Primary Identifiers Jere L. Bacharach (Ayyubid), Michael L. -- Bates (Egyptian copper), Peter Mentzel -- (Tulunid, Mamluk), Norman D. Nicol (Pre- -- Islamic, Fatimid, Ottoman, Seljuqs of Rum), -- Luke Treadwell (Umayyad, 'Abbasid) -- Bibliography Norman D. Nicol -- Copper Coinage of Egypt -- in the Seventh Century Lidia Domaszewicz & Michael L. Bates -- Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps Katharina Eldada -- Glass Vessel Stamp Data -- for Materia Medica Sami K. Hamareh & Henri Amin Awad -- Medical Instruments Sami K. Hamameh & Henri Amin Awad -- Medical Prescriptions Henri Amin Awad -- Metal Objects Jere L. Bacharach & Elizabeth Rodenbeck -- Textiles Nancy Arthur Hoskins -- Selected Bibliography of Published Works by Dr. Henri Amin Awad.
Summary: The ten studies in this volume demonstrate the wide range of archaeological material found in al-Fustat, the site of the first Muslim settlement in Egypt in the seventh century. The artifacts covered in the book include beads, bone, coins and are from the Awad collection.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 513 DT 69.5 F995 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000069740

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Ibrahim Abd al-Rahman & 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abd al-Tawwab -- Introduction Jere L. Bacharach -- Beads Peter Francis, Jr. -- Bone, Ivory, and Wood Jere L. Bacharach & Elizabeth Rodenbeck -- Coins -- Introduction Jere L. Bacharach -- Coin Table: -- Primary Identifiers Jere L. Bacharach (Ayyubid), Michael L. -- Bates (Egyptian copper), Peter Mentzel -- (Tulunid, Mamluk), Norman D. Nicol (Pre- -- Islamic, Fatimid, Ottoman, Seljuqs of Rum), -- Luke Treadwell (Umayyad, 'Abbasid) -- Bibliography Norman D. Nicol -- Copper Coinage of Egypt -- in the Seventh Century Lidia Domaszewicz & Michael L. Bates -- Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps Katharina Eldada -- Glass Vessel Stamp Data -- for Materia Medica Sami K. Hamareh & Henri Amin Awad -- Medical Instruments Sami K. Hamameh & Henri Amin Awad -- Medical Prescriptions Henri Amin Awad -- Metal Objects Jere L. Bacharach & Elizabeth Rodenbeck -- Textiles Nancy Arthur Hoskins -- Selected Bibliography of Published Works by Dr. Henri Amin Awad.

The ten studies in this volume demonstrate the wide range of archaeological material found in al-Fustat, the site of the first Muslim settlement in Egypt in the seventh century. The artifacts covered in the book include beads, bone, coins and are from the Awad collection.

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