Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and six-pointed stars

Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and six-pointed stars (EA1980.42, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Oval bezel seal with inscription in cursive script and six-pointed stars
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
Material index

cornelian
Technique index

cut;

incised
Object type

seal;

gem
Dimensions

1.25 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Iain C. G. Campbell, 1980.
Museum location

not on display
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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