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Object Number:	29-221-293
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Persian
Provenience:	Persia
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Tin
Credit Line:	Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:	293 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

Description

Amulet. Silver. Symbols on face. Reverse side has four lines of parallel script.

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

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