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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription on both sides
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (possible place of creation)
- Date
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1798 - 1805 (AH 1213 - 1219)
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.6 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
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.79
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.45 on pp. 32-33, pl. I.2.2.45
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
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the back; rectangular; frontal angle cut. Inscription on the front (R) and on the back (V) faces.
R- One script ensemble divided in two horizontal levels by the loop in the return of the final yā’ in the word ‘Alī; cursive script (nasta`līq). A date on the top on the left.
The dust of the legs of ‘Alī Ṣafī Allāh 1213/1798-9 خاكپاى على صفي الله ١٢١٣
Some small schematic branches are spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
V- One ensemble of cursive script (nasta`līq), with some dots. A date on the top on the left.
Muḥammad Rowshan Khān 1219/1804-5 محمد روشن خان ١٢١٩
There are crosses and some schematic branches spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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