The silver ring splits into two bands from sides, bearing cabochon amber in silver bezel. Amber engraved with the last Hebrew letters of the first five verses of Genesis. No marks found. Diam: 25mm. Some wear.

SILVER AND AMBER AMULETIC RING. Probably Mediterranean (North Africa or Italy), 19th century.

"It was the traditional opinion that protection against the Evil Eye cound be found in the tremendous power of the written names of God…any sentence…from the Bible derived its power for good directly from its divine source. … abbreviations are commonly used. In this Shem (Name of God), the use of the final letters of words…composed of the terminal letters of Genesis 1:1-5." Schrire, pp. 91, 120. For a similar ring, see Stieglitz, no. 261, p. 389.