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Octagonal bezel amulet with thuluth inscription and linear decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- possibly 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.05 x 1.35 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.100
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.50 on p. 75, pl. II.1.50
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
Yellow chalcedony; bezel, bevelled towards the front; rectangular with cut angles; back angle in places very slightly cut. Ensemble of cursive script; the shafts have looped endings dividing the ground decoratively; engraved.
'There is no power except in God!' (Qur. XVIII, 37/39) لا قوة الا بالله
I ask pardon of God! استغفر الله
'As God will!' (Qur. XVIII, 37/39) ما شاء الله
There are some groups of dots spread over the ground.
Almost identical to no. 1.49 [LI1008.99].
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