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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1692 - 1693 (AH 1104)
- 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
- chalcedony, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony
- 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.
- LI1008.56
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.41 on p. 31, pl. I.2.2.41
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
Pale orange chalcedony; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots, separated by the return of the loop of the final yā’ in the first line, being in part doubled by the return of the final loop of the word nabī. A date beneath on the right side. In Persian.
(1) Oh God! By the rectitude of the Prophet, of the sincere friend ‘Alī الهى بحق نبي ولى على
(2) bestow. . . Muḥammad ببخشا توخرم [؟] محمد
1104/1692-3 ١١٠٤
There are some dots, isolated or in groups, spread over the ground. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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