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Rectangular seal ring with kufic inscription
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
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seal 9th - 12th century (AD 801 - 1200)
ring 19th - 20th century (1801 - 2000)
- Material and technique
- haematite, incised; silver setting
- Dimensions
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with setting 2.6 x 2 x 1.3 cm (height x width x depth)
without setting 1.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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tool/implement › matrix › seal,tool/implement › matrix › seal › seal-ring,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3099
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.3.11 on p. 8, pl. I.1.3.11
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
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
Haematite; cabochon, plain-convex (but the frontal face has four rounded triangular facets); rectangular; set into a silver ring. Three lines of kufic script; the letters of the central line are larger than those of the two exterior lines; without dots.
(1-3) al-Qasim b. al-Ḥasan (2) القسم
(1) بن
(3) الحسن
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