Personal Seal or Ring Stone, no date

  • Islamic, Turkish

Carnelian

  • Overall: 9/16 × 5/8 inches (1.4 × 1.6 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S11707

Inscribed: [Mas her lotf Elahj abdahoo Hoosain.] [translated: Hussain the slave of God. By the love of God prays for welfare.]

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907]

1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Turkish, Personal Seal or Ring Stone, no date, carnelian. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S11707.