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Oval bezel amulet with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- possibly 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Associated people
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 3.3 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › 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.
- LI1008.41
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.25 on pp. 59-60, pl. II.1.25
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-grey chalcedony; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval. Three lines separated by straight lines formed by elongation of the return of the two final loops. Cursive script (nasta`līq); in relief.
(1) Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles. Thou shalt find him a help [sic] ناد عليا مظهر العجائب تجده عونا في
(2) unto thee in adversities. All care and grief shall vanish لك [في] النوائب كل هم وغم سينجلى
(3) by thy holiness, oh `Alī, oh `Alī, oh `Alī بولايتك يا على يا على يا على
There are some four-petalled flower heads spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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