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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