Object Number | 29-221-212 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Persian |
Provenience | Persia |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Silver |
Technique | Inscribed |
Iconography | Koran |
Description | Flat plate with beveled corners. Central square grid with symbols surrounded by decorated circle, outside border filled with writing, remaining space filled with ruled lines of writing (magic square). Circle on reverse with ruled lines of writing, words inscribed around circle, waxed cord threaded through two rings on back. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1539 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 212 - Sommerville Number | 92-5-7 - Found in Collection Number |
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