Amulet

29-221-169

From: Near East

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-221-169
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Near East
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Technique Inscribed
Description

Small, rectangular, inscriptions on both sides, possibly Cufic? Physician's pocket amulet. Small rectangular piece with unidentified inscriptions on both sides.

Sommerville Cat. 1504: "Brown hematite. Also a physician's pocket talisman."

Sommerville Lists: small glass Mohammedan taliman.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1504 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 169 - Sommerville Number

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