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Rectangular cabochon seal with kufic inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 13th century (AD 901 - 1300)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, bevelled and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.3 x 0.35 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.
- LI902.15
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.3.6 on p. 7, pl. I.1.3.6
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; cabochon, plain-convex (but the frontal face has four rounded triangular facets), bevelled towards the back (but the bevel disappears almost completely); rectangular. Two lines of kufic script, without dots.
(1-2) Ibrahīm b. Muḥammad (1) ابرهيم
(2) بن محمد
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