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Circular bezel seal with inscription in cursive script, leaf decoration, and a star
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 1859 - 1860 (AH 1276)
- Material and technique
- bloodstone, incised
- Dimensions
- 2.95 x 2.95 x 0.7 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › stone › gemstone › bloodstone,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › bloodstone
- Technique index
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1872.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3304
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.17 on pp. 23-24, pl. I.2.2.17
Chester, Greville J., Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Parker, 1881), no. 1463 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
Chalcedony var. heliotrope; bezel, plain (but a little rounded) - convex; circular. The inferior face is divided by a square (A) in the interior of a circle, the space round the square forming four segments (B). Four lines in the square (A 1-4) and one line in each segment (B 1-4); cursive script; with dots.
A- (1) Yūnus يونس
(2) al-Hashshāshī الحشاشي
(3) al-Qādirī القادرى
(4) the noble 1276/1859-60 الشريف ١٢٧٦
B- (1) His servant عبده
(2) trusting المتوكل
(3) in his Master على مولاه
(4) the Gentle اللطيف
There are some schematic leaves, spread on the groundl in the segment (B 1) there is a star consisting of seven simple strokes. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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