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Amulet

Object Number:29-221-296
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Islamic
Provenience: Persia
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Bronze
Depth: 8 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1549 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number
296 - Sommerville Number
87-5-17 - Found in Collection Number

Description

Circular with raised rim design (fish and curved arrows?). Knob in center. back engraved with Arabic in a six point star surrounded by hexagons.

"small bronze mirror used as talisman"

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. 16, Fig. 1549View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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