1035 | Amulet

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ALMOHADE PERIOD OR LATER. Monetiform amulet-pendant. (Pb. 5.84g/32x38mm). Possibly 13th-15th century. Circular piece of large size and good art, which has a small suspension ring at the top. Both obverse and reverse appear divided into two parts by a thin incised circular fillet. The band that remains on the outside is in turn limited on the edge by another smooth circular fillet, also engraved. The obverse has an epigraphic inscription engraved on the outer band, in elaborate Kufic, with the edges of the tall letters ending in a bevel: هو ألله احد (ألله) الصمد ما يلد (و ما) يولد. (He is the only God, eternal (God). He did not beget, nor was he begotten (nor was he) begotten) and in the central field a six-pointed star formed by the intersection of two equilateral triangles. The reverse is similar, with the exception that the central star is somewhat larger and has in its center a smooth circular field with a central point: الملك لـلله الاحد الصمد- - -د يلد اى. (the power belongs to God, Only, Eternal.....). (BI type amulets; piece published in Manquso nº8, pages 80-81). Very Fine.