Title: Large Seal
Date: 12th century AD
Location: Iran
Materials: copper alloy, cast and gilded; inscription on back inlaid in niello
Dimensions: 4.6cm (diameter); 2cm (height)
Accession Number: TLS 2070
Other Notes:
At the centre of the seal is a lion attacking a quadruped, framed with a band enclosing an Arabic sayings. The back bears a niello-inlaid inscription naming ‘Umar ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Jawzjani, followed by a short prayer.
Script:
inscribed in Kufic and naskh scripts
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