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Rectangular bezel seal with inscription in angular script and linear decoration
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 14th - 19th century
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.4 x 0.35 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony
- 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.3453
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.5 on p. 15, pl. I.2.1.5
Chester, Greville J., Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Parker, 1881), no. 1453 on p. 88
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
White opaque chalcedony; bezel, bevelled towards the back (slightly rounded); rectangular. Two lines of angular script, without dots.
(1-2) I trusted in God (1) الله على
(توكلت على الله =)
(2) توكلت
There is a small cross over the final tā' in the word tawakkaltu and a small stroke over the word `alā. Two rectangular lines follow the shape of the gem.
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