Amulet

29-221-221

From: Persia

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-221-221
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Persia
Section Near Eastern
Materials Brass
Description

Rectangular pendant with hebrew script. back had two loops, with yellow cord strung through them. Persian talisman with oblong yellow cord. Curious inscriptions around the margin and in central square are written in Hebrew but in some way disguise a Persian meaning.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 221 - Sommerville Number | 1544 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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