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Octagonal bezel amulet from a bracelet, with thuluth inscription
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amulet 1667 - 1668 (amulet AH 1078)
bracelet probably 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- jasper, cut and incised; silver setting, with incised decoration
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with setting 2.3 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm (height x width x depth)
jasper 1.8 x 2.2 cm (height x width)
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cut,
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- No. of items
- 1
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- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.15
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.III on pp. 98-99, pl. II.2.3.iii
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Bracelet composed of three elements: central (I), on the left side (II), and on the right side (III).
III - Brownish jasper, in lightly deocrated silver setting; bezel; rectangular with cut angles. Four lines separated by straight lines formed by elongation of a ligature or return of a final loop. Cursive script; engraved.
(1) Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles, in [sic] [sic] ناد عليا مظهر العجائب في
(2) Thou shalt find him a help unto thee [in] adversities. Shall vanish [sic] [sic] تجده عونا لك [في] النوائب سينجلى
(3) All care and grief [shall vanish] by thy holiness, oh `Alī, كل هم وغم [سينجلى] بولايتك [يا] على
(4) oh `Alī, oh `Alī. Oh! Year 1078/1667-8 سنة ۱۰۷۸ [sic] يا على يا على يا
There are groups of dots spread over the ground. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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