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Rectangular bezel amulet with thuluth inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- probably 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 1.25 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique 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.
- LI1008.103
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.65 on p. 82, pl. II.1.65
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 (but only very slightly); rectangular. Two horizontal registers separated by a straight line formed by elongation of a ligature in the expression bi-smi. Cursive script; engraved.
(1) 'In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say: "He is God, One, God بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل هو الله احد الله
(2) the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and no one is equal to Him" '. (Qur. CXII) الصمد لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد
Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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