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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and spiral decoration
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Details
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- Date
- 14th - 20th century
- Material and technique
- jasper, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 1.25 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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cut,
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tool/implement › matrix › seal,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.21
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.30 on p. 28, pl. I.2.2.30
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Red jasper; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut; a little broken on the left side. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), without dots. The returns of the loops of the final yā’s in each word underline the first line twice and the second line once.
(1) Name-sake of Prophet سمى نبي
(2) Muṣṭafā مصطفى
There are some spiral stems with short small strokes spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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