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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1682 (AH 1093)
- Associated people
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John Ivanos (active c. 1682) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- lapis lazuli, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1 x 1.2 x 0.25 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › mineral › gemstone › lapis lazuli,inorganic › stone › gemstone › lapis lazuli,
- 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 Queen's College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI902.7
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.21 on p. 39, pl. I.2.3.21
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
Lapis-lazuli; bezel, bevelled towards the back; rectangular with cut angles; front angle slightly cut. One line of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath on the left.
John Ivanos جان ايوانس
93[?] [perhaps 1093/1682] ٩٣ [؟]
The ground is filled with small naturalistic flower heads, joined by branches. One line, sometimes two, follows the shape of the gem.
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