| Object Number |
29-221-278A |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Persian |
| Provenience |
Persia |
| Section |
Near Eastern |
| Materials |
Brass |
| Description |
Octagonal shaped; engraved with Arabic in concentric circles on one side. Collector's note inked on one side. "The 8 dice belong with this...were through upon it to decide the fortune or chance. M. Sommerville" |
| Depth |
8 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
1573 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 278 - Sommerville Number | 87-5-16 - Found in Collection Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Culin, Robert S. Chess and Playing Cards: Catalogue of games and implements for divination exhibited by the Unites States National Museum in connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia 1895. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1898. See: pg. 826, Fig. 146 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and Metals of Various Countries and Epochs, Illustrative of What Man has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; Also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, etc.. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology, 1889. See: Pg. 19, Fig. 1573 |
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