Object Number | 29-221-392 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Islamic |
Provenience | India |
Locus | Between Jeypore and Bombay |
Date Made | 10th Century - 1889 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Alabaster |
Technique | Incised |
Inscription Language | Arabic Language |
Description | Amulet of translucent greenish-white stone. Yellowish on one side and greenish on the other. Both sides incised. Arabic inscription filled in with gold. Hole at top. Per Sommerville: Observse: "La ilaha illa-allahu Muhammadu rasu-l-lahi / There is no god but Allah, and Mahomet is the prophe of Allah" Per Sommerville: Reverse: characteristic Indian amuletic inscription. |
Height | 3 cm |
Length | 4.1 cm |
Width | 0.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 392 - Sommerville Number | 1837 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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