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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, spiral, and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1864 - 1865 (AH 1281)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.3 x 0.25 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.
- EA1980.18
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.28 on p. 27, pl. I.2.2.28
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; back angle strongly cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq). A date beneath.
(1) Object of the favour of God مظهر لطف الهى
(2) Ramaḍān رمضان
1281/1864-5 ١ ١٢٨
On the ground there is one spiral with some small short strokes and some schematic flower heads. One, in places two, lines follow the shape of the gem.
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