sealing
- Museum number
- 1983,0917.10
- Description
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Circular lead sealing of Dulaf b. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz with the caliph al-Muʻtamid and al-Karaj waʼl Baraj. Angular inscriptions on one side in central field and margins, and there are possible traces of cloth marks on the back.
- Production date
- 874-875 (?; AH 261)
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 millimetres
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Depth: 2 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Other published seals of Dulaf:
Circular seal closely resembling the British Museum example dated 260/873–4 (Casanova 1894, no. 14, Drouin collection, now Istanbul; Edhem 1904 no. 11); square seal dated 262/875–6 (Casanova no. 15, Drouin collection; Edhem 1904, no. 15)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired from Jules Richard in 1861.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1983,0917.10
