Amulet

29-221-384

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-384
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Islamic
Provenience India
Locus Between Jeypore and Bombay
Date Made 10th Century - 1889
Section Asian
Materials Agate (uncertain) | Stone
Technique Incised
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Grey stone amulet. Possibly agate. High polish and sharpe edges. Arabic(?) inscribed and filled in with black pigment.

Height 4.3 cm
Length 4.2 cm
Width 0.35 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 384 - Sommerville Number | 1800 to 1863 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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