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Oval bezel amulet with nasta’liq inscription, spiral, and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- chalcedony, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 3.7 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony
- 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.
- LI1008.35
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.46 on pp. 73-74, pl. II.1.46
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; bezel (but the front face is slightly rounded), bevelled towards the front; oval. In an oval ground surrounded by a symmetrically polylobed oval line: one ensemble of cursive script with vertically elongated lower loops to the letters. Cursive script; engraved.
'Say: "Every man works according to his own manner".' (Qur. XVII, 86/84) قل كل يعمل شاكلته
The ground is decorated with some spiral scrolls with flower heads consisting of groups of dots.
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