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Oval bezel amulet with nasta’liq inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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1709 - 1710 (AH 1121)
Safavid Period (1501 - 1722)
- Associated people
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- jasper, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 2.9 x 0.5 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.
- LI1008.32
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.26 on p. 60, pl. II.1.26
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
Red jasper; bezel (back face slightly rounded), unbevelled; oval; the back angle is very slightly cut. Three lines separated by straight lines formed by elongation of the return of the final loops. Cursive script; engraved.
(1) Call upon `Alī, the manifestor of miracles. Thou shalt find him [sic] ناد عليا مظهر العجائب تجده في
(2) a help unto thee in adversities. All care and grief shall vanish عونا لك [في] النوائب كل هم وغم سينجلى
(3) by thy holiness, oh `Alī, oh `Alī, oh `Alī. Year 1121/1709-10 بولايتك يا على يا على يا على سنة ١١٢١
Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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