seal-ring, seal, gem
Details
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Object type
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No. of items
1
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.3099
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Catalogue text
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) الحسنIn: Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986)
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
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