Talisman
Bracelet
29-221-210
From: Persia
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-221-210 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Persia |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Metal |
| Description | Persian arm talisman or bracelet, with red arm cord. Three stones; two yellow sard, in the center dark red sard with Persian inscription, each of the same signification. The power of the amulet is augmented by three repetitions of about the same prayer. |
| Length | 16.5 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1541 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 210 - Sommerville Number |
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