Arabic seal (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Overstruck seal. It shows the bust of a male saint, a cross on steps at 7 o'clock, and one letter: η. No visible border.
Obverse
Overstruck seal. It shows the bust of a male saint, a cross on steps at 7 o'clock, and one letter: η. No visible border.
Reverse
Arabic inscription. No visible border.
نسر ؟ حم ؟
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3739 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
نسر ؟ حم ؟ .H
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Commentary
The obverse is difficult to read as it is clearly overstruck, perhaps twice. The reverse is in Arabic, but the flan is too small for the die. As a result the Arabic is too fragmentary for even a single word to be satisfactorily interpreted.