Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, leaf, and star decoration
Details
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Title
Octagonal bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, leaf, and star decoration
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Associated place
Iran (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
1842 - 1843 (AH 1258) -
Material and technique
jade, cut and incised
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.4 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1980.6
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Catalogue text
Green jade; bezel, mostly unbevelled; rectangular with cut angles; both angles cut (but the back one only partly). Ensemble of four levels of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath.
Slave of God Ibrāhīm [1]258/1842-3 بنده
خدا
ابرا
هيم
٢٥٨
Two small branches and one six-pointed star representing a schematic flower head are spread over the ground.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. 2.2.21 on p. 25, pl. I.2.2.21
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