Box 1
Contains 22 Results:
Babylonian Clay Tablet, approximately 2500 BCE
A Babylonian clay tablet, ca. 2500 BCE with Cuneiform Characters. The development of clay tablets are man's earliest form of writing and are attributed to the Mesopotamian culture. This tablet is from Babylonian Excavations. It was purchased in Amuda, Syria.
Babylonian Cylinder Seal, approximately 1700 BCE
A Babylonian Cylinder Seal, ca. 1700 BCE containing Sumarian inscriptions and was excavated at Amlash, Mesopotamia. A relief of the inscription is shown on the accompanying piece of clay.
Book of the Dead, Egyptian papyrus leaf
A leaf from "The Book of the Dead" written on Egyptian papyrus. Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasty. This fragment was burned sometime in its recent history, and therefore was mounted on paper in order to preserve it. The ink was made of plain lamp-black or charcoal mixed with water and an adhesive added.
Egyptian Scarab
Egyptian Scarab, ca. 1000 BCE with hieroglyphics. The piece of clay shows the hieroglyphs of the bottom of this Scarab. These were used as the signatures of ancient Egyptians.
Greek papyrus leaf
A leaf from a Greek Papyrus, ca. 100 BCE - 100 CE
Arabic papyrus leaf
A leaf from Arabic Papyrus, ca. 800-900 CE. This fragment of Arabic was well preserved and originated in the 7th century CE.
Koran manuscript leaf
A leaf from a Koran Manuscript in Cufic characters. This leaf is thought to be from 12th century; though it isn't dated. The style of the calligraphy suggests it could be from Mashad (Persia), although its origins could be in Arabia or Egypt. A few leaves from this manuscript are in Boston, in the Oriental Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Leaf from the book of Jeremiah, 13th Century
A leaf from a 13th century Bible, French query. Latin text is from the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 11:21 to Jeremiah 14:21.
Flemish Book of Hours manuscript leaf, ca. 1250-1300
A manuscript leaf from "Flemish Book of Hours", ca. 1250-1300. This leaflet shows the customary wide margins and careful workmanship. The manuscript from which this leaf was taken, shows the influence of the Flemish or northern French in the few initial letters where a clay base was encrusted over with gold paint. This leaf only shows the faint illumination of the soft gold. The rulings used to write in a straight line are also evident on the leaf.
Dictionary leaf, 1488
A leaf from "Vocabularius Praedicantium Sire Variloguus" printed in 1488 in Strassburg by Georg Husner. This early printed "dictionary" written by Johannes Melber could also be considered a thesaurus as well.