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Oval bezel amulet from a bracelet, with thuluth inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Associated people
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Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object)'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, incised; silver setting
- Dimensions
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with setting 2.7 x 4.9 x 1.1 cm (height x width x depth)
without setting 1.7 x 3.3 cm (height x width)
0.02 kg (weight)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.17
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.23 on p. 59, pl. II.1.23
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
Yellow chalcedony, in undecorated silver setting (being element of bracelet); bezel; oval. Three lines separated by straight lines formed by elongation of the return of the final loops. Cursive script; engraved.
(1) Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles. Thou shalt find him a help in [sic] [sic] ناد عليا مظهر العجائب تجده عونا في
(2) unto thee [in] adversities. All care and grief shall vanish by thy prophecy, لك [في] النوائب كل هم وغم سينجلى بنبوتك
(3) oh Muḥammad, by thy holiness, oh `Alī, oh `Alī, oh `Alī يا محمد بولايتك يا على يا على يا على
The ground is decorated with a great number of groups of dots. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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