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Tear-drop shaped bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.4 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.
- EA1980.7
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.10 on p. 21, pl. I.2.2.10
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 (slightly rounded); oval, pointed at the top; back angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq).
(2) His servant عبده
(1) Hādī هادى
There are some small schematic branches, consisting of simple strokes, sometimes crossed and two triangular flower heads, spread on the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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