Fragments of an early Islamic Arabic papyrus from Khirbet Hamrā Ifdān Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractExcavations in 2013 at the site of Khirbet Hamrā Ifdān in the Faynān revealed several pieces of an Arabic papyrus, the first ever found in Jordan. Although the papyrus is poorly preserved, a detailed analysis of the fragments based on parallels have suggested that it dates to the late seventh/early–mid‐eighth century AD. This article discusses the papyrus fragments and places them within their papyrological and archaeological contexts.

authors

• Friedman, Hannah
• Vorderstrasse, Tasha
• Mairs, Rachel
• Adams, Russell

status

• published 

publication date

• November 2017

has subject area

• 2101 Archaeology (FoR)
• Archaeology (Science Metrix)

published in

• Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy  Journal

keywords

• Arabic
• Archaeology
• DESERT
• Faynan
• Jordan
• Khirbet Hamra Ifdan
• SOUTHERN JORDAN
• Social Sciences
• papyrus

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/aae.12099

start page

• 285

end page

• 296

volume

• 28

issue

• 2