Amulet, talismanic circular medal with suspension loop. On one face a head with a design like a spider-web, enclosed by a pentagon, with Hebrew inscriptions; on the reverse a rectangle with a Hebrew inscription on each side and 12 compartments, each containing a permutation of a Hebrew word, the field having a Hebrew inscription in each quarter formed by the rectangle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, talismanic circular medal with suspension loop. On one face a head with a design like a spider-web, enclosed by a pentagon, with Hebrew inscriptions; on the reverse a rectangle with a Hebrew inscription on each side and 12 compartments, each containing a permutation of a Hebrew word, the field having a Hebrew inscription in each quarter formed by the rectangle.
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Rome
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1910
Date collected: 1910
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Struck, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Height: max 46 mm, Diameter: max 40 mm, Height: max 5 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.50.620

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