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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and spiral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 14th - 20th century
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 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
- Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.33
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.26 on p. 27, pl. I.2.2.26
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, unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut. Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots.
(1) Object of the favour of God مظهر لطف الهى
(2) His servant Nūḥ عبده نوح
One large spiral with a great number of short strokes is engraved on the ground. One, in places two, lines follow the shape of the gem.
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