Poids et mesures de l'Égypte musulmane


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Poids et mesures de l'Égypte musulmane

Poids et estampilles en verre de la Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg : umayyades, abbassides, tulunides et divers indéterminés
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In Syria, Palestine and especially Egypt, Muslim officials made use of stamped, i.e. inscribed, glass objects, probably for ensuring the fairness of market transactions and perhaps regulating them. These objects are weights on which the names dinar, dirham or fals are stamped; weights bearing names like raṭl, wuqqiya, etc.; and vessel stamps, i.e. small discs of glass, stamped with an Arabic sentence, applied hot on the rim of glass vessels, stating their volumes, often giving the names of the products contained inside the vessel (edible oil, milk, chickpeas, etc.), sometimes their prices. These names were part of a more or less complete formula, alluding to a Coranic sentence about honesty and giving the names, often known from other sources, of the administrative authorities (supervisor of the markets and trade, Finance Director for Egypt, caliph) responsible for the making of the stamped objects. We are thus able to accurately date many of them.

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