| Object Number |
29-221-182 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Near East |
| Section |
Near Eastern |
| Materials |
Stone |
| Description |
Small, orange-pink, rectangular, arabic inscription. White paste in inscription. Sommerville "eye stone - pink" |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
182 - Sommerville Number | 1706? | 1707? - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Sommerville, Maxwell. Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and Metals of Various Countries and Epochs, Illustrative of What Man has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; Also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, etc.. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology, 1889. See: Pg. 28, Fig. 1706, 1707 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: #1706, #1707? |
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