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Oval bezel seal with kufic inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 2.15 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.
- LI1008.78
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.1.4 on p. 4, pl. I.1.1.4
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
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. Four lines of kufic script, without dots.
(1) 'In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(2) Say: "He is God, One, God, the Everlasting Refuge, قل هو الله احد الله الصمد
(3) who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and لم يلد ولم يولد ولم
(4) equal to Him is not any one." (Qur. CXII) يكن له كفوا احد
Could be a later imitation of kufic script.
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