- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of silver decorated ornately in the form of an eagle with Hebrew inscriptions and suspension loop at the top of the amulet. [FB 24/02/2014]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1912
- Date collected
- 1912
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 116 mm, Width: max 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.635
Search terms: Religion, Children and Childcare, Writing, Ornament, Amulet, Inscription, Pendant
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