Glass Rub` Qist of Muhammad b. Shurahbil, Egypt, 755–758. 1949.120.11

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Length: 38
  • Length: 42

Typological Description

• Object Type: Vessel Stamp
• Date Range: 755 - 758
• Denomination: Rub` Qist
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Glass
• Shape: Oval

• Authority

  • Authority: Muhammad b. Shurahbil
  • Issuer: `Abd al-Malik b. Yazid
  • Authority: Abbasid Caliphs

• Geographic

  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

  • Legend: bism Allah amara / `Abd al-Malik b. Yaz[id / bi-]san`ati rub` qis[t] / waf `ala yad (sic) Muhammad / b. Shurahbil

References

• Citation: unpub.

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1949.120.11
• Lot: 1949.120
• Department: Islamic
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • L.H. Schroeder

Description

Subjects

• Category: Glass

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States