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Oval bezel amulet with nasta‘liq inscription and floral 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)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, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.4 x 0.25 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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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.
- LI1008.72
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.17 on pp. 55-56, pl. II.1.17
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 front face is very slightly rounded and the back face is a little hollow), bevelled towards the front; oval. Four lines in cursive script (nasta`līq); engraved.
(1) Oh my God! Bless the Prophet (Muḥammad), the Commissioner (`Alī), اللهم صل على النبي والوصي
(2) the Virgin (Fāṭima), the Two Gentle Ones (Ḥasan and Ḥusayn), the Worshpper (`Alī), the Great One (Muḥammad), والبتول والسبطين والسجاد والباقر
(3) the Just (Ja`far), the Silent (Mūsā), the Pleasing (`Alī), the Pious (Muḥammad), والصادق والكاظم والرضا والتقي
(4) the Chaste (`Alī), the Soldier (Ḥasan) and the Mahdī (Muḥammad) والنقي والعسكرى والمهدى
On the ground are some small flower heads consisting of three to five dots, and one composite flower consisting of one dot in the middle, one small circle around it and ten small dots distributed in an outer circle. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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