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Mirror

Talisman

Object Number:29-221-276
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Persia
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Bronze
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1574 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number
276 - Sommerville Number

Description

Persian talismanic mirror with inscription. The signification of the inscription is "Blessed be he who daily looketh into this mirror."

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. 19, Fig. 1574View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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