Object Number |
29-221-278B |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Persian |
Provenience |
Iran |
Section |
Near Eastern |
Materials |
Bronze |
Description |
Four die connected by wire running through them to two end finials. Used with fortune telling bowl "A" |
Height |
2.125 cm |
Width |
0.375 cm |
Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number |
283 - Sommerville Number | 1573 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Culin, Robert S. Chess and Playing Cards: Catalogue of games and implements for divination exhibited by the Unites States National Museum in connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia 1895. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1898. Page/Fig./Plate: 824 ff |
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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. 19, Fig. 1573 |
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