| Object Number | 29-221-172 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Near East |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Stone | Jade (uncertain) |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
| Description | Flat, green. writing on both sides, arabic on front, arabic and proto-arabic on back. Talismanic square on front, Koran on reverse. Sommerville Cat. 1501: "Jade. Very elaborate Persian talisman with a square of mystic numbers, which rendered in our numerals read thus: 1279 1283 1280 1272 1285 1273 1278 1284 1274 1288 1281 1277 1282 1286 1270 1287 Surrounded on three sides of this square are talismanic inscriptions. They are religious. Reverse, a beautiful inscription of a long verse from the Koran." |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 172 - Sommerville Number | 1501 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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