English: One of the Qur'an fragments from the Sana'a palimpsest, found in 1972 in the loft of the Great Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, and photographed by Doctor Gerd R. Puin who was in charge of the project between 1981 and 1985. The writings are from verses 3 to 10 of Sura 20 (Taha).
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