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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1797 - 1798 (AH 1212)
- 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
- 1.6 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › 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 Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.32
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.10 on pp. 16-17, pl. I.2.1.10
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 jasper; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular; both angles irregularly cut. One ensemble of cursive script, without dots; a date beneath.
Oh Ḥusayn! يا حسين
1212 [?] /1797-8 ١٢١٢ [؟]
There is, on the ground, a spiral stem of flower heads consisting of simple crossed strokes. One line follows the shape of the gem.
The reading of the date is uncertain, the numbers being mixed with the floral decoration on the ground.
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