Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and six-pointed stars
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Title
Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and six-pointed stars
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Associated people
'Ali ibn Abi Talib (ruled AD 656 - 661) (named on object) -
Associated place
Iran (place of creation) -
Date
1881 - 1882 (AH 1299) -
Material and technique
cornelian, bevelled and incised
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.25 x 1.5 x 0.2 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.
EA1980.42
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Catalogue text
Cornelian; bezel, one half of the edge is bevelled towards the front, the other half is unbevelled. Two lines of cursive script underlined by the return of the loop of yā at the end of both; without dots. A date beneath.
(1-2) Oh ‘Alī, reach me! (1) يا على
(2) ادركني
1299/1881-2 ١٢٩٩
There are two schematic six-pointed stars spread over the ground. One oval line follows 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. 2.1.8 on p. 16, pl. I.2.1.8
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