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Oval cabochon amulet with inscription in cursive script and branch decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 16th - 19th century
- Material and technique
- turquoise, incised
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 1.4 x 0.35 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1872.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3464
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.1 on p. 51, pl. II.1.1
Chester, Greville J., Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Parker, 1881), no. 1465 on p. 89
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
Green turquoise; cabochon, bioconvex; oval (almond); very irregular. One line of cursive script; engraved.
Oh One! (i.e. God) يا احد
There are three very schematic small branches on the ground. One oval line follows the shape of the gem.
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