Amulet

29-221-339

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-339
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience India
Locus Between Jeypore and Bombay
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

White stone with two rows of Arabic inscription on one face with green/gray inlay. Smooth back. Inscription reads: La ilaha illa-allahu, Muhammadu rasulu-l-lahi. "There is no God but Allah and Mahomet is his prophet."

Height 3.9 cm
Length 3.6 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 339 - Sommerville Number | 1815 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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