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Oval bezel amulet with nasta’liq and naskhi inscription and linear decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- possibly 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Associated people
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Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object)'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 2.2 x 0.2 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.
- LI1008.75
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.54 on pp. 76-77, pl. II.1.54
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 (but the back face is slightly rounded), bevelled towards the front; oval; the back angle is cut. The inscription is found on the central ground (A), within an oval line, and on the border (B), surrounded on its outer edge by another oval line. Script ensemble (A) and one line (B) of cursive script; engraved.
A - Muḥammad is the Prophet of God, `Alī is the Sincere Friend of God. محمد نبي الله على ولى الله
B - ' "Oh my Lord, leave me not solitary; though Thou art the best of inheritors" '. (Qur. XXI, 89) وانت خير الوارثين [sic] رب لا تذرني فردا
There are some small linear motifs, spread over the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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