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Amulet

Medallion

Object Number:29-221-216
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Persia
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Silver
Length: 5.6 cm
Width: 4.7 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1546 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number
216 - Sommerville Number

Description

Rectangular piece with trimmed/cut corners. Five lines of Hebrew script plus border of Hebrew script. Has two small attached rings on back through which white cord runs.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Collection of Talismans (Maxwell Sommerville) (23 Oct 1889 - 31 Dec 1889) View Objects in Exhibition

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: Pg. 15, Fig. 1546View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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