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Oval bezel amulet with thuluth inscription and concentric circle decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- probably 18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)
- Associated people
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- jasper, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 3.1 x 0.35 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.
- LI1008.34
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.29 on p. 61, pl. II.1.29
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
Brownish jasper; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval. The inscription is found on the central ground (A), within two concentric oval lines, and on the border (B), within another two concentric oval lines. One script ensemble, in relief, on ground covered with small hatching (A), and one line, engraved (B). Cursive script.
A - Oh God! يا الل
B - Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles. Thou shalt find him a help unto thee in adversities. All care and grief shall vanish by thy holiness, oh `Alī, oh `Alī, oh `Alī.
ناد عليا مظهر العجائب تجده عونا لك في النوائب كل هم وغم سينجلى بولايتك يا على
يا على يا على
In the border there are groups of dots spread over the ground.
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