Amulet
29-221-220
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Near East
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-221-220 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Near East |
| Date Made | 1700–1800 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Brass |
| Description | Filled with various arabic inscriptions and magic squares, back side has two loops, purple cord. Ornate amulet with silk arm cord. Representative of an animal whose body is covered with inscriptions, bordered by verses from Suras of the Koran. |
| Height | 8.4 cm |
| Length | 10.7 cm |
| Depth | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 220 - Sommerville Number | 1537 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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