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Rectangular signet with kufic inscription
- 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, incised
- Dimensions
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1.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (height x width x depth)
4 g (weight)
- Material index
- Technique index
- 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.
- LI897.11
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 3.2 on p. 42, pl. I.3.2
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
Gold; signet with fixed handle; plain rectangular face; unbevelled. Three lines of kufic script, without dots; engraved.
(1) The trust ثقة
(2) of Jabbār [or Khabbāz] [جبار [خباز؟
(3) is in God بالله
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