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Amulet

Title	Amulet
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1865
Publication Place	Tunisia (made) -
Subject	Floral Foliage
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	(including loop at top) length: 7.2cm, Width: 4.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	344-1904
Record ID	344-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1865
Notes	Flat silver 'house-shaped' amulet, Tunisia, 1865-1900.
Sample Text	Partial long mark with Arabic character. Translation Mark for 900 standard silver 1856-1905. Note Twice on the back: on the sheet silver and on the reinforcing strip.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Engraved sheet silver Silver Incising
Fiziksel açıklama	Amulet made from a five-sided sheet of silver, shaped like house, with a rocker engraved design on the front of two arched niches containing Arabic inscriptions with flowers above. There is a large loop at the top made from a strip of ribbon wire which is riveted to the top of the amulet.

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Amulet

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1865

Publication Place Tunisia (made) -

Subject Floral Foliage

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions (including loop at top) length: 7.2cm, Width: 4.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 344-1904

Record ID 344-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1865

Notes Flat silver 'house-shaped' amulet, Tunisia, 1865-1900.

Sample Text Partial long mark with Arabic character. Translation Mark for 900 standard silver 1856-1905. Note Twice on the back: on the sheet silver and on the reinforcing strip.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Engraved sheet silver Silver Incising

Fiziksel açıklama Amulet made from a five-sided sheet of silver, shaped like house, with a rocker engraved design on the front of two arched niches containing Arabic inscriptions with flowers above. There is a large loop at the top made from a strip of ribbon wire which is riveted to the top of the amulet.