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ALMORAVID OR ALMOHADE PERIOD. Rectangular amulet. (Pb. 9.43g/38x31mm). Possibly 12th-13th century. Rectangular lead plate with signs of having been folded into a closed triptych. (The lower third has been lost). Anv: Anepigraph. Re v: Quranic text in evolved Kufic, with some letters ending in a swan neck, which develops throughout the framing band and in a broad line that occupies the entire central field: لّا ألله....(...no God). Margin: تحصّنا يا محمّد / ـ ـ ـ ـ Հ ـ ـ ـي الذي لا ـ ـ ـ. (We fortify ourselves, O Muhammad!/.... that we do not......). (Amulets 86-G8. Type AV, same specimen). Good Very Fine.
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