- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, silver oval disc in the form of a ?flower, with the Latin inscription "CHARITAS" in the centre, and perforated at either end for suspension. [ACA 11/07/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, silver oval disc in the form of a ?flower, with the latin inscription "CHARITAS" in the centre, and perforated at either end for suspension. The inscription has been written on three lines, "CHA" and then "RI" and below that "TAS" when read as one it translates from Latin to mean "CHARITY". [ACA 11/07/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 21 mm, Width: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2115 Other numbers: 4223
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Neck Ornament, Pendant, Inscription
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