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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, chevron decoration, and a star
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 14th - 19th century
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.65 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
- 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
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1008.114
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.33 on p. 29, pl. I.2.2.33
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 (but the back face slightly rounded), unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; frontal angle rounded. Two lines (the second line in two bevels) of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots.
(1) Receive favourably, God, the desire of براور الهى مراد
(2) Ḥājī Ḥasan حاجى حسن
Over the ground are simple strokes, chevrons and one star consisting of three crossed strokes.
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