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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1753 - 1754 (AH 1167)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.35 x 1.5 x 0.35 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.
- EA1980.29
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.7 on p. 21, pl. I.2.2.7
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel (but the back face rounded), bevelled towards the front; rectangular; back angle cut. Ensemble of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath.
His servant `Alī Niyādam [?] [؟] عبده على نيادم
1267/1850-1 ١٢٦٧
There are spiral stems with flower heads consisting of groups of points (three or six), or strokes spread on the ground. Two rectangular concentric lines follow the shape of the gem.
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