Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
Details
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Title
Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription and floral decoration
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Associated place
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Date
1677 - 1678 (AH 1088) -
Material and technique
jasper, cut, bevelled, and incised
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.5 x 1.85 x 0.35 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1872.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.3306
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Catalogue text
Green jasper; bezel, bevelled towards the front (but only very slightly); oval; back angle very slightly cut, frontal angle very slightly rounded. Two lines, of cursive script (nasta`līq); between the two lines, on the right side, there is a date.
(1) His servant عبده
1088/1677-8 ١٠٨٨
(2) Sālim سالم
A branch with stylised flowers and some small flower heads cover the ground schematically. Two concentric lines follow the edge 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. 2.2.4 on p. 20, pl. I.2.2.4
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