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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and leaf decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1717 - 1718 (AH 1130)
- Material and technique
- topaz, overlaid with glass, and cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 1.8 x 0.45 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.
- LI1008.111
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.16 on p. 23, pl. I.2.2.16
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
Topaze covered on the frontal face by a coat of glass; bezel, bevelled towards the front; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut, frontal angle rounded. Three lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), separated by elongated ligature in the first line, and by elongated return of the loop in the second line; with dots. A date beneath.
(1) Fault servant, dervīsh عبد مذنب درويش
(2) His servant Muṣṭafā عبده مصطفى
(3) b. Murtaḍā Jawīsh (sergeant) ابن مرتضى جاويش
1130/1717-18 ١١٣٠
There are some small schematic leaves, spread on the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.
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