Objects

Parchment double-leaf with text from the Old Testament (Book of Exodus), probably from Sohag, 7th century AD, 32.8 x 53.8 cm.

Parchment prayer book, Qasr Elwiz (Nubia), 4th – 6th century AD, 11.6 x 16.5 cm.

Lustre painted large dish, Fatimid era (5th century AH / 11th century AD), 15 x Ø 40 cm.

Copper perfume sprinkler inlaid with gold and silver, Mamluk Period (AH 698 – 708 / AD 1299 – 1309 or AH 709 – 741 / AD 1309 – 1340), 23.5 x 11 cm.

Gilded and enamelled glass mosque lamp, complex of Sultan Hussan (Cairo), Mamluk Period (AH 622 – 894 / AD 1250 – 1516), 35.5 x Ø 26 cm.

Incised brass candlestick, Mamluk Period (AH 265 – 860 / AD 887 – 1482), 48 x Ø of base 40 cm.

Copper table inlaid with silver and gold, 3rd – 13th century AH / 9th – 19th century AD, 81 x 40 cm.

Gilded steel sword and blade with gilt silver crosspiece and ivory hilt, Mamluk Period (AH 907 / AD 1501), 95 cm.

Gold coin (dinar), Fatimid era (AH 403 / AD 1012), Ø 2.5 cm.

Ivory inlaid wooden panel with geometrical decoration and plants, Mamluk Period (8th century AH / 14th century AD), 27 x 27 x 3 cm.