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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1725 - 1726 (AH 1138)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 1 x 0.2 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.
- LI1008.126
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.3 on p. 34, pl. I.2.3.3
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 (but only very slightly); rectangular with cut angles; frontal angle rounded, back angle cut in places. One line of cursive script (nasta`līq). A date below on the left.
Ḥasan حسن
[1]138/1725-6 ١٣٨
The ground is spread with several, rather realistic, small flower heads. Two concentric lines follow the shape of the gem.
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