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Rectangular bezel seal with kufic inscription
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 9th - 12th century (AD 801 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1 x 1.45 x 0.2 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
- Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1872.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3303
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.2.3 on p. 6, pl. I.1.2.3
Chester, Greville J., Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Parker, 1881), no. 1452 on p. 88
Glossary
kufic
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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.
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 front; rectangular; back angle very slightly cut. Three lines of kufic script, without dots. The second line is much bigger than the two others.
(1-3) Aḥmad praises God (3) يحمد
(1) لله
(2) احمد
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