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Octagonal seal ring with nasta‘liq inscription, branches, and a star
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1873 - 1874 (AH 1290)
- Material and technique
- bloodstone, cut and incised; silver setting
- Dimensions
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ring 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm (height x width x depth)
internal 1.1 cm (diameter)
band 0.4 cm (width)
9 g (weight)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › bloodstone,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › bloodstone,inorganic › stone › gemstone › bloodstone,
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal › seal-ring,tool/implement › matrix › seal,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Christ Church College, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI897.10
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.25 on p. 40, pl. I.2.3.25
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
Green jasper, set into a silver ring; front face plain; rectangular with cut angles; front angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq); with dots. A date beneath on the right side.
(1) Sulaymān سليمان
(2) b. Muḥammad بن محمد
1290/1873-4 ١٢٩٠
There are four schematic branches and an eight-pointed star, consisting of simple strokes, spread over the ground.
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