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Oval ring-bezel with mirrored inscription
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1232 - 1492
- Material and technique
- silver, engraved
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.4 x 1 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Christ Church College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI897.1
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.2 on p. 51, pl. II.1.2
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Base metal; ring-bezel, plain; oval. In a circular ground, two lines of cursive script, in tête-bêche; in relief.
(1) There is no conqueror ولا غالب
(2) except God الا الله
This can be attributed to the dynasty of the Nasrids in Spain (629-897/1232-1492). The phrase in the inscription was their dynastic device.
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