A blue and white bead for protection.
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Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Collection: Gaster Amulet Collection
Classmark: Gaster Amulet 45C
Title: Amulet for protection
Language(s): No linguistic content
Date of Creation: 19th-20th century
Physical Description: Made of glass (or lapis lazuli).
Format: Jewellery
Material(s): Glass (or mineral?)
Extent: height: 20 mm, width: 12 mm.
Mode: Worn or carried on the person.
Function: Protection.
Shape: cuboid
Acquisition: Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954.
Date of Acquisition: 1954
Data Source(s): Catalogue description is by Gal Sofer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva); edited by Zsófia Buda.
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