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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and branch decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1862 - 1863 (AH 1279)
- Material and technique
- jasper, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 0.95 x 1.15 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3459
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.6 on p. 35, pl. I.2.3.6
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Green jasper; bezel, bevelled towards the back (but only very slightly); oval; frontal angle very slightly cut. One line of cursive script (nasta`līq). A date beneath.
‘Alī على
[1]279/1862-3 ٢٧٩
A big branch consisting of simple strokes is placed on the left.
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