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Oval sealing with kufic inscription and star decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)
- Material and technique
- clay, baked and impressed
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1891.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3463
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 4.1 on p. 45, pl. I.4.1
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
Bull of baked clay; oval, nearly circular; front face is plain, back face is convex. One line of kufic script around the border, arranged in four parts forming a square; without dots. Reading uncertain. In the centre, one star consisting of six concentric strokes.
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