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Oval bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and linear decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1839 - 1840 (AH 1255)
- Associated people
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Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
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- Technique index
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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.
- EA1980.10
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.7 on p. 16, pl. I.2.1.7
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval; frontal angle strongly cut, back angle very sligthly cut. Two lines in cursive script, without dots. Beneath a date.
Oh beloved of God! ( = Muḥammad) (1) يا الله
(2) (حبيب (= يا حبيب الله
1295/1878-9 ١٢٩٥
There are some isolated short strokes spread on the ground. Two oval concentric lines follow the shape of the gem.
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