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Oval bezel amulet with nasta‘liq inscription 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)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.7 x 0.25 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.91
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.15 on p. 55, pl. II.1.15
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), bevelled towards the front; oval; a little damaged. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), separated by the elongatin of the return of the loop of yā’ in the word '`Alī'; engraved.
(1) God, Muḥammad [or God is praised], `Alī, الله محمد است على
(2) Fāṭima, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn فاطمه حسن حسين
Above the word Ḥusayn, there is a small decorative motif consisting of two short vertical strokes crossed in the centre by a slightly longer horizontal stroke. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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