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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1708 - 1709 (AH 1120)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.7 x 0.3 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.
- LI1008.83
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.14 on pp. 22-23, pl. I.2.2.14
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 with cut angles. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots, separated by the return of the loop of the yā` at the end of the first line. A date at the beginning of the first line.
(2) His servant Aḥmad عبده احمد
(1) [1]120/1708-9 al-Mūsawī الموسوى
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There are sprial stems, with flower heads, consisting of groups of points, spread on the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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