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Object Name: 
Weight
Place Made: 
Egypt
Accession Number: 
52.1.53
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 1.7 cm, Th: .2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
700-1499
Primary Description: 
Weight. Translucent white glass with translucent dark blue inclusion; stamped. Circular disc; upper surface with circular stamp, D: 1.2 cm, with two lines of Arabic (kufic script), encircled, all in relief; lower surface smooth.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Sobernheim, Former Collection
Stack's Galleries, Source
1929-04-29
Sobernheim, Clara (German, 1888-1963), Former Collection
1933
to
1952
Sobernheim, Moritz Sebastian (German, 1872-1933), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Translucent white
Technique: 
stamping

Publications (2)

Fran Mesopotamien till medeltid (1990-01) p. 44; BIB# AI25904
The Sobernheim Collection of Ancient Glass (1952-04-19) p. 8, lot 29; BIB# 12935