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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and star decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1716 - 1717 (AH 1129)
- Associated people
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Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD 626 - 680) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony and jasper, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.55 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › 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 Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.34
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.9 on p. 16, pl. I.2.1.9
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 chalcedony and red-brownish jasper; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular; frontal angle cut, back angle very slightly cut. One register of cursive script, without dots. A date beneath.
Oh Ḥusayn! يا حسين
[1]129/1716-17 ١٢٩
There are single lines, and groups of crossed strokes forming schematic stars, spread over the ground. One line follows the edge of the gem.
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