- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a circular pendant, with a stained green foil metal, stamped with an image and an inscription, beneath glass, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 14/05/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, a circular pendant, with a stained green foil metal, stamped with an image and an inscription, beneath glass, with a loop for suspension. Unfortunately it is not possible to read the inscription nor is it clear what the image is of. [ACA 14/05/2012]
- 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, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Pigment, Material Glass, Material Foil Metal, Process Stamped, Process Stained, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 25 mm, Width: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1303 Other numbers: 2659
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Pendant, Inscription, Neck Ornament
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