Amulet

29-221-171

From: Near East

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-221-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Near East
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone | Jade (uncertain)
Technique Inscribed
Description

Translucent green, rectangular. inscription, possibly Cufic? Physician's pocket amulet.

Sommerville Cat. 1503: " Jade. Talisman. The flat pocket tablet of a physician."

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 171 - Sommerville Number | 1503? - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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