- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet consisting of a round silver plate with 8 flat shaped projections and one rather thick one round the other edge, and a ring at the top.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- ?By 1905
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1980
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Diameter 71 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.18.3
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Inscription
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