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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and bird, possibly from a pendant
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 1682 - 1878 (AH 1094 - 1294)
- Material and technique
- onyx, bevelled and incised; gold setting
- Dimensions
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with setting 1.1 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
onyx 0.9 x 1.2 cm (height x width)
reverse/ bird 1 x 0.7 cm (height x width)
- 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 the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1890.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3462
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.22 on p. 39, pl. I.2.3.22
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
Onyx (?) (black/pale blue) in a gold setting, perhaps used as a pendant; both faces plain, the part of the edge close to the back face bevelled towards the back and its other part covered by the setting; oval.
Obverse- Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath.
(1) Nasīm نسيم
(2) Waṣfī وصفي
94 [1094?/1682-3 or 1194?/1779-80 or 1294?/1876-7] ٩٤
Above, one small flower head consisting of five dots.
Reverse- Bird (ostrich ?).
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