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Circular bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and star decoration
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- possibly 14th century (1301 - 1400)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
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0.4 cm (height)
1.8 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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cut,
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980
- Accession no.
- EA1980.25
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.1.4 on p. 15, pl. I.2.1.4
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
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the back; circular; frontal angle slightly cut. One ensemble of cursive script, without dots.
Glory belongs to God لله [sic] العزت
There are several crosses or stars consisting of two or three crossed lines, spread over the ground. Two circular lines follow the shape of the gem.
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