Glass Rub` Qist of Muhammad b. Shurahbil, Egypt, 755–758. 1954.15.2

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Length: 36
  • Length: 40

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
  • State: Abbasid Caliphs

• Geographic

  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

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

References

• Citation: CAM.103

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1954.15.2
• Lot: 1954.15
• Department: Islamic
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Purchased 1/1954

Description

Subjects

• Category: `Abbasids--Glass

Rights

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