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Oval bezel amulet with naskhi inscription, crosses, and linear decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 16th - 19th century
- 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)Fatima (AD 606 - 632) (named on object)Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD c. 625 - 669) (named on object)Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (AD 626 - 680) (named on object)'Ali ibn al-Husayn (died AD 714) (named on object)Muhammad ibn 'Ali (died AD 733) (named on object)Ja'far ibn Muhammad (died AD 765) (named on object)Musa ibn Ja'far (died AD 799) (named on object)'Ali ibn Musa (AD 765 - 818) (named on object)Muhammad Jawad ibn 'Ali (died AD 835) (named on object)'Ali al-Hadi ibn Muhammad (died AD 868) (named on object)al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (died AD 874) (named on object)Muhammad al-Mahdi (occultation AD 940) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
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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.
- LI1008.73
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.21 on pp. 57-58, pl. II.1.21
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval; the back angle is slightly cut. Five lines separated by straight lines formed by elongation of a ligature or the return of a final loop. Cursive script; engraved.
(1) Oh my God! Bless the Prophet (Muḥammad), the Commissioner (`Alī), اللهم صل على النبي والوصي
(2) the Virgin (Fāṭima), al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, the Worshipper (`Alī), [والحسن والحسين والسجا[د [sic] والبطول
(3) the Great One (Muḥammad), al-Ja`far, the Silent (Mūsā), the Pleasing (`Alī), والباقر والجعفر والكاظم والرضا
(4) the Pious (Muḥammad), the Chaste (`Alī), the Soldier (Ḥasan) والتقي والنقي والعسكرى
(5) and the Mahdī (Muḥammad) والمهدى
There are some decorative motifs consisting of two short vertical strokes, crossed in the centre by a straight horizontal stroke; other decorative motifs are simple regular crosses, the extremity of every branch being crossed by a stroke.
One line follows the shape of the gem.
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