Amulet, stone relic, with a paper label that has a red wax seal and is attached to the stone with a piece of string and another red wax seal. [RB 20/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, stone relic, with a paper label that has a red wax seal and is attached to the stone with a piece of string and another red wax seal. [RB 20/07/2012]
Long description: Amulet, stone relic, with a paper label that has a red wax seal and is attached to the stone with a piece of string and another red wax seal. The stone relic is a narrow and rectangular in shape. 'Pierre Salome - pierre du rempart du temple' is written on the rectangular paper label in black ink. The wax seal on the paper label consists of four crosses in a grid and has been identified as that of the 'Order of St. John of Jerusalem'. [RB 20/07/2012]
Geographical reference: Israel
Asia > Western Asia > Israel; Jerusalem
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 Stone, Material Wax, Material Paper Plant, Material String, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 82 x 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2274 Other numbers: 4553
Research and responses: Father Joseph from the Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga, Oxford, identified the wax seal as that of the 'Order of St. John of Jerusalem'. [RB 20/07/2012]

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