1016 | Amulet

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TAIFAS PERIOD. Rectangular amulet. (Pb. 14.80g/59x31mm). Possibly 11th century. Rectangular lead plaque with signs of having been folded in the shape of a closed triptych and three triangular battlements on the upper edge. Anv: Anepigraph. Rev: Quranic text in simple Kufic that develops in a wide band that borders the piece and in the two rectangles that make up the central cartouche, of which only the end can be read; above: لله (God) and below: الملك لله..... (.....the majesty belongs to God). Margin text: وت ـ ـ ــ / ـ ـ ـ ـ. (I take refuge in him who has glory, and majesty, and omnipotence/and I trust in the Living/who does not die...). (Amulets 84-G4. Type AV, same specimen). Good Very Fine.