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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, leaf, and star decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1842 - 1843 (AH 1258)
- Material and technique
- jade, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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cut,
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tool/implement › matrix › seal,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.6
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.21 on p. 25, pl. I.2.2.21
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Green jade; bezel, mostly unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; both angles cut (but the back one only partly). Ensemble of four levels of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath.
Slave of God Ibrāhīm [1]258/1842-3 بنده
خدا
ابرا
هيم
٢٥٨
Two small branches and one six-pointed star representing a schematic flower head are spread over the ground.
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