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Rectangular bezel amulet with pseudo-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
- stone, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.3 x 0.3 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.
- LI1008.107
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.88 on p. 91, pl. II.1.88
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
Dark green stone less dense than quartz and more dense than most chalcedonies and obsidian; bezel, bevelled towards the back; rectangular; front angle very slightly rounded. Three horizontal lines with series of short vertical strokes.
Pseudo-talisman with decoration imitating, very schematically, Arabic script.
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