Abbassid stele

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.