- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Imitation shekel, used as a charm against cramp for children. Perforated at the top [SM 15/04/2011]
- Long description
- Imitation shekel, used as a charm against cramp for children. Perforated at the top. The shekel has a branch on one side and a censer on the other side with swirls of incense emerging from it. [SM 15/04/2011]
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Process Struck, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.875 Other numbers: A 132459 J AM C
1985.51.875
Imitation shekel, used as a charm against cramp for children. Perforated at the top [SM 15/04/2011]
1985.51.875
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