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Title Disc
Author Unknown (made)
Publication Date: 1700
Subject Metalwork
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Diameter: 18.4cm, Depth: 0.2cm
Library: Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 923-1884
Record ID 923-1884
Library Location Middle East Section
Date 1700
Notes A circular bronze auguration table, engraved with the twelve zodiacal signs. There is an Arabic inscription on the back, invoking the blessings on the twelve imams of the Shiah, possibly Iran.
Sample Text Note An Arabic inscription invoking the blessing on the twelve imams of the Shiah.
İlişki Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler Bronze
Fiziksel açıklama AUGARATION TABLE. Bronze, circular, engraved with the12 sighs of the zodiac round magical square. (Sun and lion substituted for Virgo). On back, religious inscriptions invoking blessings upon the 12 imáms of the Shiah. From Cairo. Persian. Diam. 7 ¼ in. Bought (St. Maurice Collⁿ), 10s. Description taken from ‘List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884’. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 88
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Disc

Author Unknown (made)
Publication Date 1700
Subject Metalwork
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Diameter: 18.4cm, Depth: 0.2cm
Library Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 923-1884
Record ID 923-1884
Library Location Middle East Section
Date 1700
Notes A circular bronze auguration table, engraved with the twelve zodiacal signs. There is an Arabic inscription on the back, invoking the blessings on the twelve imams of the Shiah, possibly Iran.
Sample Text Note An Arabic inscription invoking the blessing on the twelve imams of the Shiah.
İlişki Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler Bronze
Fiziksel açıklama AUGARATION TABLE. Bronze, circular, engraved with the12 sighs of the zodiac round magical square. (Sun and lion substituted for Virgo). On back, religious inscriptions invoking blessings upon the 12 imáms of the Shiah. From Cairo. Persian. Diam. 7 ¼ in. Bought (St. Maurice Collⁿ), 10s. Description taken from ‘List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884’. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 88
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