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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and spiral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1708 - 1709 (AH 1120)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 1.35 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.
- EA1980.31
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.27 on p. 27, pl. I.2.2.27
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Cornelian; bezel, unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; back angle strongly cut. Two lines of cursive script separated by the return loop of the final yā’ at the end of the first line. A date (?) beneath.
(1) Object of the favour of God مظهر لطف الهى
(2) His servant Muḥammad عبده محمد
1120[?]/1708-9 [؟] ١٢٠
On the ground there is one spiral stem with small strokes on it. Two lines follow the shape of the gem.
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