Amulet

29-221-391

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-391
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 greenish-grey stone. Incised with three lines of Arabic inscription filled in with gold pigment. Hole at top.

Height 2.8 cm
Length 4.1 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 391 - Sommerville Number | 1800 to 1863 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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