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Auction 7 · Lot 175
TWO SILVER AMULETS Persia, 19th - 20th century.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
A: Rectangular amulet suspended from chain with loop at tapered top, engraved with Divine name and passages from Psalm 67, beginning with word “Shiviti.” Unmarked. H: 12mm (without chain).
B: Rectangular amulet with four back loops, raised filigree border, engraved with Hebrew text of Psalm 121, made for Bethsheba, daughter of Rachel. W: 92mm.
summary
A: Amulets such as these were used as protection duriing childbirth; they were thought to ward off the effects of Lilith and the Evil Eye. See Schrire,T., Hebrew Magic Amulets (1982). For A: p.147, No. 12.
For B: p. 158, No. 32.