brooch;
charm;
amulet-case
- Museum number
- As1995,22.23
- Description
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Woman's triangular brooch or good luck charm of aluminium with six pendants of same and setting of red plastic bead, with pin clasp on back. Tube-shaped amulet case attached on base of triangle is used to hold Qur'anic verses on paper.
- Production date
- 1990-1995
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.50 centimetres
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Weight: 16 grammes
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Width: 6.25 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Modern equivalent of silver version set with carnelian.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good; bought new.
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Qur'an
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Associated Title: Koran
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by Dr St John Simpson of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities. The collection As1995,22 was made during a period of archaeological research in Merv, September - October 1995. This item was "bought new in Mary Sunday bazaar, miscellanea section".
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1995,22.23