Dr. Busso Peus Nachf.
Auction 421 1-3 Nov 2017
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Hayyân ibn Shurayh, finance director of Egypt, 99-101 H./717-720 AD Large fragment of a ring weight with the two stamps intact 1. amara hayyân ibn / shurayh bi-khatmi / ratl lil-'inab / wâfin, 2. al-wa /fâ lillâh. Green iridescent glass. Balog 1976, no. 35. 228.00 g.; Second known specimen About one third missing, some chips, but stamps in good condition
Ex Sotheby's 28 May 1987, lot 578.
In the Sotheby's auction catalogue it was called a ratl weight for an unknown substance as Paul Balog's suggestion to follow George Miles to read al-'inab deemed inappropriate for a muslim country. He discussed on p. 51 the reading in detail.
Hayyân ibn Shurayh, finance director of Egypt, 99-101 H./717-720 AD Large fragment of a ring weight with the two stamps intact 1. amara hayyân ibn / shurayh bi-khatmi / ratl lil-'inab / wâfin, 2. al-wa /fâ lillâh. Green iridescent glass. Balog 1976, no. 35. 228.00 g.; Second known specimen About one third missing, some chips, but stamps in good condition
Ex Sotheby's 28 May 1987, lot 578.
In the Sotheby's auction catalogue it was called a ratl weight for an unknown substance as Paul Balog's suggestion to follow George Miles to read al-'inab deemed inappropriate for a muslim country. He discussed on p. 51 the reading in detail.