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Amulet

Object Number:29-221-184
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Persia
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:184 - Sommerville Number
1703 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

Description

Ancient Glass disk - size of a coin; Arab Talisman, inscription illegible

Bibliography:

[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. 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. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 78, no. 1703View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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