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Amulet with Incised Decoration and Inscriptions
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Inscriptions in Arabic consist of a chart of paired letters; the names of the archangels; the phrase "What God Wills", legible is"Qitmir", the name of the dog who guarded the "Companioons of the Cave", the Seal of Solomon, and names, most of which have so far defied identification.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
David Mitten purchase. Purchased c. 1999 by David Mitten in an antique shop in Istanbul Turkey.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Mary McWilliams
Title: Amulet with Incised Decoration and Inscriptions
Description:
Inscriptions in Arabic consist of a chart of paired letters; the names of the archangels; the phrase "What God Wills", legible is"Qitmir", the name of the dog who guarded the "Companioons of the Cave", the Seal of Solomon, and names, most of which have so far defied identification.
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