Circular bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and heart-shaped decoration
Details
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Title
Circular bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and heart-shaped decoration
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Associated place
Iran (place of creation) -
Date
1844 - 1845 (AH 1260) -
Material and technique
cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
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Object type
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Dimensions
0.3 cm (height)
1.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1969.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1969.82
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Catalogue text
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front (but only very slightly); circular; back angle cut. One line of cursive script (1), a date beneath; surrounded by the dāl of the word ‘abdu-hu (2), presented in the shape of a heart and surrounding the ground of the script. Without dots.
(2) His servant عبده
(1) Bahrām بهرام
1260/1844 ١٢٦٠
There are small schematic flowers and branches outside and inside the script ground. Two concentric circular lines follow the shape of the gem.In: 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. 2.2.6 on p. 20, pl. I.2.2.6
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