Occult Literature
Persian Agate Amulet from Karbala
Dense script fills the oval centre and ornamental bands of a shaped amulet. The original caption identifies Persian agate inscribed with Qur’anic texts and records its provenance as Karbala on the Euphrates.
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Illustrator not identified. "Persian Agate Amulet from Karbala" [editorial title]. In Amulets and Superstitions, E. A. Wallis Budge. Oxford University Press edition, 1930, 1930, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Source scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0103
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Its reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Persian Agate Amulet from Karbala. Amulets and Superstitions. Scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0103