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Rectangular bezel seal with kufic inscription and a star
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)The Greek World › Syria › Palestine (possible place of purchase)
- Date
- 9th - 12th century (AD 801 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 0.9 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.
- LI1008.96
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Further reading
Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 1.4.5 on p. 10, pl. I.1.4.5
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
Cornelian; plain-convex bezel (but the back face has triangular facets); rectangular, but now broken on one side; frontal angle slightly cut. Three lines of kufic script; the two superior lines are larger than the inferior one; without dots.
(1) al-Ṣā. . . xxxx الصا
(2) . . . xxلك لله
(3) al-Ḥasan b. . . . [؟]xx الحسن بن
Above the ṣād (?) in the first line, there is one star consisting of three short crossed strokes.
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