Amulet

29-221-383

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-383
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

Mottled translucent greyish-white stone amulet. Incised with three lines of Arabic(?). Traces of black pigment. No lateral hole.

Height 2.7 cm
Length 5 cm
Width 0.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 383 - Sommerville Number | 1800 to 1863 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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