Amulet

29-221-380

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-221-380
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Islamic
Provenience India
Locus Between Jeypore and Bombay
Date Made 10th Century - 1889
Section Asian
Materials Alabaster (uncertain) | Stone
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Translucent greyish-white stone amulet. One side with two lines of Arabic inscriptions. Incised with black pigment.

Height 3 cm
Length 3.3 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 380 - Sommerville Number | 1800 to 1863 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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