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The richly illustrated book presents a concise history of the development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the seventh century, tracing its transition, from coins that closely resembled Byzantine issues with imperial images, to purely aniconic specimens with inscriptions in Arabic. This so-called Arab-Byzantine series sheds light on a pivotal period in the history of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, as formerly Byzantine provinces were slowly Arabicized and Islamicized following the Arab conquests of the 630s and 640s. The historical introduction, which includes descriptions of all the basic types, is followed by a catalogue of the collection of Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks, published here for the first time
Coins, Arab --- Coins, Byzantine --- Dumbarton Oaks --- Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection --- Byzantine coins --- Arab coins --- Harvard University. --- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection --- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection --- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library --- Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art --- Coins, Arab - Syria --- Coins, Arab - Egypt --- Coins, Byzantine - Syria --- Coins, Byzantine - Egypt --- Coins, Arab - Catalogs --- Coins, Byzantine - Catalogs --- Monnaies arabes --- Monnaies byzantines --- Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection (Washington, D.C.) --- Syrie --- Égypte
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The volume contains an edition of c. 1,300 ostraca excavated in Abu Mina, Egypt, under the directorship of Peter Grossmann. Most of these ostraca comprise a partially surviving record of the pickings of grapes and of wine deliveries in the first half of the seventh century AD, before the Arab conquest in 642. Also, a small number contains some Christian texts, writings on pots or flasks, designs and writing exercises. They provide information on the community, the economical and agricultural activities, the prosopography and onomastics of this pilgrimage centre. This volume will be of interest
Ostraka --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Abū Mīnā (Extinct city) --- Greek inscriptions --- Ostraca --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Abu Mena (Extinct city) --- Abu Mina Saint Menas (Extinct city) --- Abu Mina (Extinct city) --- Abou Mena (Ville ancienne) --- Greek language --- Greek philology --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Inscriptions grecques --- Egypte --- History --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Sources --- Byzantine Egypt. --- Economy. --- Edition. --- Greek. --- Ostraca. --- Abou Mina (Égypte) --- Égypte
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