Amulet

29-221-392

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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