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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1867 - 1868 (AH 1284)
- Associated people
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.35 x 1.85 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.
- EA1980.40
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.43 on p. 32, pl. I.2.2.43
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; back angle cut. One ensemble of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date on the top of the left side.
1284/1867-8 ١٢٨٤
Oh ‘Alī, Ḥusayn يا على حسين
On the ground are scrolls with small flower heads of triangular shape.
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