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Amulet

Object Number:29-221-290
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Persia
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Bronze
Height: 1.4 cm
Length: 2.6 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1552 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number
290 - Sommerville Number
92-1-250 - Found in Collection Number

Description

Pagoda-shaped object with writing.

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. 16, Fig. 1552View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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