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Ancient art, Islamic world, Asian art
Ingraved white Marble abbassid stele in the name of « OUM MUHAMED », spouse of Mûsâ ben. Ya’qûb the grandson of the calife AL MA’MUN AD 813-833, situated in Jerusalem.
Abbassid Period, 9th-10th century
White marble
52 cm X 52 cm X 5 cm
Provenance: M Shagar Qedar collection, before 1979, Jerusalem
Published : A. ELAD, « An Epitaph of the Slave Girl of the Grandson of the ‘Abbasid Caliph Al-Ma’mun », in Le Museon, vol.III-Fasc. 1-2 , Louvain-La-Neuve : Le Muséon, 1998, pp. 228-244.