Amulet Case with Koranic Script

Details

• Title

  Amulet Case with Koranic Script

• Associated place

  Africa › North Africa (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  enamelled and decorated silver, containing paper

• Object type

  container › case › amulet-case

• Dimensions

  case 7.7 cm (length)
  case 2.1 cm (depth)
  text 37.7 cm (length)
  text 20.3 cm (length)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Elias Ashmole in 1677, from the Tradescant collection.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 6 | Reading and Writing

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1685.A.442

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