Amulet
29-221-115
From: Asia (uncertain) | India (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-221-115 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Asian (uncertain) | Indian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Asia (uncertain) | India (uncertain) |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Tin |
| Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
| Description | A square shaped amulet with a loop at the top. There is a faint inscription on the front that includes the word for God, Allah, several times as well as Archangel Michael (ميكائيل), Archangel Gabriel (جبريل), Archangel Azrael (عزرائيل), Archangel Raphael (إسرافيل), possibly the poet Hafiz who memorized the Koran, and the prophet Muhammad (مُحَمَّد). |
| Length | 2.9 cm |
| Width | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 115 - Sommerville Number |
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