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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1860 - 1861 (AH 1277)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 1.8 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
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cut,
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tool/implement › matrix › seal,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.9
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.15 on p. 23, pl. I.2.2.15
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front; rectangular; back angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath on the right.
(2) His servant Muḥammad Sādiq b. عبده محمد صادق ابن
(1) Muḥammad al-Husaynī محمد الحسيني
1277/1860-1 ١٢٧٧
There are large but fine spiral stems, with groups of points representing flower heads, spread on the ground. One, in places two, rectangular concentric lines follow the shape of the gem.
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