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Ottoman amulets Masura

Posted by ALEKSANDR EMELIANOV on July 19, 2017 at 6:57pm

Two Vintage Ottoman amulet chest "Masura"Central Anatolia, 19th centuryProbably Armenian or Greek workBase silver, stamp, solderingOne of these amulets still contains the paper with handwritten Koran werses.Other have a tiny dangles with stamped script: Bismillahu Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim (with the name of Allah)Turkish word Masura literally means kind of hollow tubeBase silver, stamp, soldering