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Rectangular bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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1798 - 1799 (AH 1213)
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.45
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.27 on pp. 40-41, pl. I.2.3.27
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; rectangular. Three lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date at the end of the first line.
(3) Imtiyāz al-Dawla Mumtāz امتياز الدولة ممتاز
(2) al-Mulk Mūsā Yabūtār [?] [الملك موسى يبوتار [؟
(1) Nusratjang Bahādar 1213/1798-9 نصرتجنك بهادر ١٢١٣
On the ground are some small schematic flowers. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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