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Circular bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and heart-shaped decoration
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Details
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- Date
- 1844 - 1845 (AH 1260)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
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0.3 cm (height)
1.5 cm (diameter)
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cut,
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1969.
- Accession no.
- EA1969.82
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.6 on p. 20, pl. I.2.2.6
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front (but only very slightly); circular; back angle cut. One line of cursive script (1), a date beneath; surrounded by the dāl of the word ‘abdu-hu (2), presented in the shape of a heart and surrounding the ground of the script. Without dots.
(2) His servant عبده
(1) Bahrām بهرام
1260/1844 ١٢٦٠
There are small schematic flowers and branches outside and inside the script ground. Two concentric circular lines follow the shape of the gem.
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