Small, rectangular, inscriptions on both sides, possibly Cufic? Physician's pocket amulet. Small rectangular piece with unidentified inscriptions on both sides.Sommerville Cat. 1504: "Brown hematite. Also a physician's pocket talisman."Sommerville Lists: small glass Mohammedan taliman.Inscribed
Turtle molded of frit. Head, feet and tail extended from body. Shell covered with squares on back and stomach. Pierced from side to side at neck. No evidence of having been glazed.
Oblong rectangular talisman with black silk cord. Engraved on both sides. front with various arabic inscriptions and magic squares. multi-headed human figure in center. central deity with 17 faces and body covered with inscription; surrounding border of Moslem prayers. back mostly filled with arabic words. 256 small squares with Persian characters, bordered by prayers to Allah. loops on sides hold black swords.
Rectangular piece with trimmed/cut corners. Five lines of Hebrew script plus border of Hebrew script. Has two small attached rings on back through which white cord runs.
Rectangular pendant with hebrew script. back had two loops, with yellow cord strung through them. Persian talisman with oblong yellow cord. Curious inscriptions around the margin and in central square are written in Hebrew but in some way disguise a Persian meaning.
Small frit duck or goose with oval body, relatively long curving neck, flattened on sides. Flat base, body pierced through horizontally from side to side to side.
Flat, green. writing on both sides, arabic on front, arabic and proto-arabic on back. Talismanic square on front, Koran on reverse.Sommerville Cat. 1501: "Jade. Very elaborate Persian talisman with a square of mystic numbers, which rendered in our numerals read thus: 1279 1283 1280 12721285 1273 1278 12841274 1288 1281 12771282 1286 1270 1287Surrounded on three sides of this square are talismanic inscriptions. They are religious. Reverse, a beautiful inscription of a long verse from the Koran."Inscribed
Round leather amulet with stitched design on front and 3 colored cotton thread balls attached at 3 points. 4th point has leather loop attached with green cotton thread through it and tied at ends. Amulet has yellow front and red back with I.D. "24/S" on back.
round box, hinged top, two movable cut-out pieces near top fastened to side. possibly intended for suspension. boss on lid has rings of metal possibly for for jewelery settings. top, sides and back covered with filagree of flowers, planets and birds.Sommerville 29-221 no number: "A round box of pierced brass over cloth. Stones lost from high setting"
Slate. Crescent-shaped. Borings on wings filled with red paint and mother-of-pearl inlay. Triangular pieces of mother-of-pearl inlay on vertical cross piece. Boring for suspension at top of crosspiece.
Head missing. Carved from a fine grained stone, perhaps soap stone. Naturally colored red and blue-black. Hole in neck as if for inserting missing head, and grooves on back and breast as if for inserting some decoration.
2015 description: Modeled quadruped animal figurine, possibly a sheep (?). The animal has a short snout and pinched ears. The legs are not separated (front legs joined and rear legs joined). The ceramic is pale orange.
Light-brown terracotta figurine of animal with short stumpy legs, pointed tail, and head with pointed snout. Round pellet eyes applied. Coat indicated by vertical comb markings, raised smooth area on back. Solid. Hedge Hog?
2015 description: Modeled quadruped figurine. The animal has pointed ears (?) and a short upright tail. The legs are not separated (front legs joined and rear legs joined). The ceramic is grey.
Animal figurine, front half; buff pottery. Originally horned, painted matt brown stripe down back, around horns and down nose; spot, either side on shoulders and barrel of body.Painted
Red and black clay animals. Roughly hand modelled. 6 figurines. 2015 description: Modeled quadruped. The legs are not separated (front legs joined and rear legs joined). The animal has ears/horns on the side of the head and a short rounded tail. The ceramic is pale orange.
2015 description: Modeled animal figurine of a quadruped. The legs are not separated (front legs joined and rear legs joined). The ceramic paste is dark grey,
Buff to orange terra cotta head of a ram. Body broken away and missing. Hollow. Eye, horns, and wool indicated by applied pellets. Incised detail on horn, mouth. One side only preserved.