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Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and leaf decoration

  • loan

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Iran (possible place of creation)
    Palestine (possible place of purchase)
    Date
    1717 - 1718 (AH 1130)
    Material and technique
    topaz, overlaid with glass, and cut, bevelled, and incised
    Dimensions
    1.5 x 1.8 x 0.45 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    topaz,
    topaz,
    topaz,
    glass
    Technique index
    overlay,
    covered,
    cut,
    incised,
    incised
    Object type index
    seal,
    seal,
    gem,
    seal
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
    Accession no.
    LI1008.111

  • Further reading

    Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.2.16 on p. 23, pl. I.2.2.16

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Islamic Seals and Talismans by Ludvik Kalus

    Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans

    Topaze covered on the frontal face by a coat of glass; bezel, bevelled towards the front; rectangular with cut angles; back angle cut, frontal angle rounded. Three lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), separated by elongated ligature in the first line, and by elongated return of the loop in the second line; with dots. A date beneath.

    (1) Fault servant, dervīsh عبد مذنب درويش
    (2) His servant Muṣṭafā عبده مصطفى
    (3) b. Murtaḍā Jawīsh (sergeant) ابن مرتضى جاويش
    1130/1717-18 ١١٣٠

    There are some small schematic leaves, spread on the ground. One line follows the shape of the gem.

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