Browse: 10610 objects
Oval bezel amulet with inscription in cursive script
-
Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 16th - mid 20th century
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 0.85 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
-
cut,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3465
-
Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.14 on p. 55, pl. II.1.14
Location
-
- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
-
Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the back (but only very slightly); oval. The inscription is partly in 'positive' and partly in 'negative', forming a decorative tughrā. Cursive script; engraved.
Names of Seven Imams
© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum