Item Details

• Date early/mid 20th century
• Notes

  An amulet ring, most likely worn for apotropaic purposes to bring good fortune and ward off evil. The markings on the ring are a 4x4 wafq, or “magic square,” filled with numbers calculated using the abjad system. Most likely, the wafq is made for a specific wearer, whose name has been calculated into the numbers in the square along with other elements, like specific names of God and spiritual agents who make the ring efficacious.

• Dimensions 1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
• Collections Ladjevardi
• Repository Ladjevardi Collection
• Restrictions No restrictions.
• Accessed 27 February 2014
• Last Edited 4 May 2016
• Record no. 13116A73
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