Amulet

29-221-389

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-389
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Islamic
Provenience India
Locus Between Jeypore and Bombay
Date Made 10th Century - 1889
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Incised
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Amulet of translucent yellowish-white stone. Incised with two lines of Arabic inscription filled in with gold pigment. Hole at top.

Height 3.9 cm
Length 4 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 389 - Sommerville Number | 1800 to 1863 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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