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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and leaf decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 14th - 17th century (1301 - 1700)
- Material and technique
- jasper, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.5 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 Queen's College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI902.23
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.2 on p. 19, pl. I.2.2.2
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
Red jasper; bezel, bevelled towards the front (but only very slightly) on the long sides, bevelled towards the back (but only very slightly) on the short sides; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut in places. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq) separated by a triple line consisting of the returns of the loops of the final yā' in the word Mustafā.
(1) My trust is in my Creator توكلى على خالقي
(2) His servant Mustafā عبده مصطقى
There are small leaves, consisting of strokes, spread on the ground. Two concentric lines follow the shape of the gem.
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