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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, scroll, and floral decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 14th - 19th century
- Material and technique
- chalcedony and jasper, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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inorganic › stone › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › silica › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › stone › gemstone › quartz › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › gemstone › chalcedony,inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › chalcedony,
- 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 the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.112
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.19 on p. 24, pl. I.2.2.19
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
Yellow chalcedony graduating to jasper at one end; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq) underlined by the return loops of the final yā` of both lines; with dots.
(1) Slave of the Eternal بنده ازلى
(2) His servant `Alī عبده على
There are two superposed scrolls, with very schematic floral endnigs, spread over the ground. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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