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Rectangular bezel seal with kufic inscription

  • loan

Glossary

kufic

  • kufic

    A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • Islamic Seals and Talismans by Ludvik Kalus

    Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans

    Haematite; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular; partly broken on the last letter's sode (because of this the reading is not certain). One line of kufic script, without dots; placed between two horizontal lines.

    Anqaṣ [?] [or Aḥmad ?] [انقص [؟] [احمد؟

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