- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; disc, white metal, scratched on surface. [ASh [OPS move] 08/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; disc, white metal, with a raised boss in the centre of the disc. The entire surface is scratched and scored. Used to counteract evil magic. [ASh [OPS move] 08/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Tin Metal, Process Moulded, Process Hammered, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 35 mm, Height: max 2 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1712 Other numbers: A 70257 R 30028
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