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Square amulet ring inscribed with Arabic letters
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia (Middle East) (place of creation)
- Date
- 16th - 20th century (1501 - 2000)
- Material and technique
- silver, incised
- Dimensions
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ring 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm (height x width x depth)
internal 1.6 cm (diameter)
band 1.6 cm (width)
3 g (weight)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Christ Church College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI897.6
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.84 on pp. 90-91, pl. II.1.84
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Silver ring with an enlarged square face, plain on both sides. Seven lines of isolate letters, the same letters in every line, but in a different order. Cursive script; engraved.
R B K W K B R ر ب ك و ك ب ر
K B R R B K W ك ب ر ر ب ك و
B K W K B R R ب ك و ك ب ر ر
B R R B K W K ب ر ر ب ك و ك
K W K B R R B ك و ك ب ر ر ب
R R B K W K B ر ر ب ك و ك ب
W K B R R B K و ك ب ر ر ب ك
The initial formula seems to be:
Your Lord and Your Lord ربك وربك
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