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Oval cabochon seal with kufic inscription
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 14th century (1301 - 1400)
- Associated people
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Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object)'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD c. 625 - 669) (named on object)Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD 626 - 680) (named on object)'Ali ibn al-Husayn (died AD 714) (named on object)Muhammad ibn 'Ali (died AD 733) (named on object)Ja'far ibn Muhammad (died AD 765) (named on object)Musa ibn Ja'far (died AD 799) (named on object)'Ali ibn Musa (AD 765 - 818) (named on object)Muhammad Jawad ibn 'Ali (died AD 835) (named on object)'Ali al-Hadi ibn Muhammad (died AD 868) (named on object)al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (died AD 874) (named on object)Muhammad al-Mahdi (occultation AD 940) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.65 x 1.15 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › 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 the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1888.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3454
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.12 on p. 17, pl. I.2.1.12
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
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 opaque chalcedony; cabochon, plain-convex; oval; angle cut. One word in a rectangular frame (A) surrounded on every side by one line of inscription (B 1-4: 1 - above, 2 - on the left, 3 - beneath, 4 - on the right) and its outline doubled by the base line of each of these inscriptions. Kufic script, without dots.
A - Muḥammad محمد
B - (1) ‘Alī, al-Ḥasan, al-Ḥusayn, ‘Alī على الحسن الحسين على
(2) Muḥammad, Ja‘far محمد جعفر
(3) Mūsā, ‘Alī, Muḥammad موسى على محمد
(4) ‘Alī, al-Ḥasan, al-Ḥujja ( = Muḥammad) على الحسن الحجة
Could perhaps be classified at the end of the classical period (I.1)
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