- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, metal pendant with a Star of David and inscriptions on one side and two hands and inscriptions on the other, perforated for suspension. [ACA 27/03/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, metal pendant with a Star of David and inscriptions on one side and two hands and inscriptions on the other, perforated for suspension. The Star of David is surrounded by ?Hebrew inscriptions. On the other side there are two hands which are arranged for the 'Priestly Blessing', this is a symbol of the Kohen or Cohen which is Hebrew for priest. There are also ?Hebrew inscriptions surrounding the hands. [ACA 27/03/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material White Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Height: max 44 mm, Width: max 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.666 Other numbers: 1287 2578 R 15265/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription, Neck Ornament
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