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Octagonal signet with nasta’liq inscription and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia (Near East) (place of creation)
- Date
- 14th - 20th century
- Material and technique
- gold, cut and incised
- Dimensions
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seal 1.4 x 1.3 x 0.15 cm (height x width x depth)
handle 1.1 cm (height)
- 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 Christ Church College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI897.12
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 3.3 on pp. 42-43, pl. I.3.3
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
Gold; signet with fixed handle; plain face, rectangular with cut angles; unbevelled. Two lines of cursive script, with dots, separated by the elongated stroke of the loop of the final isolated tā’.
(1) Oh Sufficient in difficulties! يا كافي المهمات
(2) His servant Muḥammad عبده محمد
On the ground are schematically rendered small leaves and branches. Two lines follow the shape of the face.
The shape of this signet may be compared with that of no. I.3.2
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