AN AGATE STAMP-SEAL

An agate seal of rectangular shape with rounded corners, engraved in Kufic script with the text "حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل, استغفر الله ولاحول ولا قوة إلا بالله, سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر, For us Allah sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs, Forgive me, and there is no might nor power except with Allah, Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greater".
3rd AH-7th AD century
Length : 2.2 cm.
Weight: 7.72 grams.

PROVENANCE
From a European collection formed in the 1980's.