Oval bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and linear decoration
Details
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Title
Oval bezel seal with nasta’liq inscription and linear decoration
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Associated people
Prophet Muhammad (c. AD 570 - 632) (named on object) -
Associated place
Iran (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
1839 - 1840 (AH 1255) -
Material and technique
cornelian, cut, bevelled, and incised
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.3 x 1.5 x 0.4 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.
EA1980.10
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Catalogue text
Cornelian; bezel, bevelled towards the front; oval; frontal angle strongly cut, back angle very sligthly cut. Two lines in cursive script, without dots. Beneath a date.
Oh beloved of God! ( = Muḥammad) (1) يا الله
(2) (حبيب (= يا حبيب الله
1295/1878-9 ١٢٩٥
There are some isolated short strokes spread on the ground. Two oval concentric 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. 2.1.7 on p. 16, pl. I.2.1.7
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