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Rectangular bezel amulet with thuluth inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 16th - 19th century
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, incised, and painted
- Dimensions
- 1.25 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.106
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.87 on p. 91, pl. II.1.87
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
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front; rectangular; back angle is very slightly cut; a little damaged on the front face. Two lines of cursive script, painted in white. Readin uncertain.
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