- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet metal ring with oval bezel glazed with glass, containing an inscription in Arabic. [RH [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Glass, Process Inscribed, Process Cast, Process Glazed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 19 mm, Height: max 22 mm, Depth: max 13 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.384
Search terms: Ornament, Writing, Religion, Amulet, Inscription, Finger Ring
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