2002.59: Amulet with Incised Decoration and Inscriptions
Amulets
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.59
- Title
- Amulet with Incised Decoration and Inscriptions
- Classification
- Amulets
- Work Type
- amulet
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148242
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metal
- Dimensions
- 13.09 g
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
David Mitten, purchase. Purchased c. 1999 by David Mitten in an antique shop in Istanbul, Turkey.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Mary McWilliams
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.59
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Inscriptions in Arabic consist of a chart of paired letters; the names of the archangels; the phrase "What God Wills", legible is"Qitmir", the name of the dog who guarded the "Companioons of the Cave", the Seal of Solomon, and names, most of which have so far defied identification.
Verification Level
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