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Heart-shaped bezel amulet with thuluth inscription and concentric circle decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- probably 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- jasper, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 3.7 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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cut,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.38
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.72 on p. 85, pl. II.1.72
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Brownish jasper; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval, pointed on the inferior side. The inscription is found on the central ground which has the shape of a pointed oval (A), within two concentric lines, and on the border (B), surrounded on its outer edge by two lines following the shape of the gem. In the central ground (A): one line, in relief on hatched ground; in the border (B): one line, engraved. Cursive script.
A - Committing himself to God المتوكل على الله
B - 'In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say: "He is God, One, God the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten and no one is equal to Him." ' (Qur. CXII) Oh Guardian! بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد يا
حافظ
In the border (B) there are groups of dots.
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