Amulet / Hematite

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.6122
Other Number: Bonner 119
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Amulet
Lot: Ayvaz
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Amulets
Materials: Hematite
Inscribed: 160
Full Artifact Description: Obv.: Reaper wearing cap and kilted tunic, stooping to r. to cut four stalks of grain. Tree behind. A cut ear on ground before the man's feet. Haematite. Transverse oval, 21 x 14 x 3. Chipped at r. (Studies in Magical Amulets, Bonner).
Verbatim Date: 100 - 500 AD
Verbatim Provenance: Syria
Countermark: 161
Publication Title: Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian
Publication Author: Bonner, Cambell
Publication Year: 1950
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.6122
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6122/0000_02_6122

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Full citation: "Amulet; Hematite." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6122/0000_02_6122. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 26, 2024.