A BLOODSTONE INTAGLIO WITH A HEBREW INSCRIPTION, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 16TH-17TH CENTURY AD A BLOODSTONE INTAGLIO WITH A HEBREW INSCRIPTION, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 16TH-17TH CENTURY AD

A BLOODSTONE INTAGLIO WITH A HEBREW INSCRIPTION, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 16TH-17TH CENTURY AD

Reference: ART600820

An octagonal bloodstone seal with a three line horizontal Hebrew inscription. The seal is for personal use and mirrors the shape of personal seals from the early Ottoman Empire. The inscription is the exclamation ' If I forget you, Jerusalem!'.
13 mm. by 12 mm.