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Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and branch decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1716 or 1873 - 1717 or 1874 (AH 1129 or AH 1290)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.35 x 1.6 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
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3457
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.1 on p. 34, pl. I.2.3.1
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
Cornelian; bezel (but back face slightly rounded), bevelled toward the back (but only very slightly); oval. One line of cursive script. A date beneath.
'Umar عمر
[1]129/1716-17 [or, more probably, 129[0]/1873-4] ١٢٩
Above on the left a branch constituted by simple strokes.
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