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Oval bezel amulet with nasta‘liq inscription
- loan
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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)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 2.8 x 0.3 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.
- LI1008.52
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.10 on pp. 53-54, pl. II.1.10
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, bevelled towards the front; oval; back angle slightly cut. One ensemble on a ground defined by a polylobed oval, pointed at its four extremities. Cursive script (nasta`līq), with elongated loops of the three final yā’s; engraved.
Muḥammad is the Prophet of God, ‘Alī is the Sincere Friend of God محمد نبي الله على ولى الله
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