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Obj. ID: 37588  Amulet, Ukraine, circa 1900

© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: Bar Hama, Ardon, -

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Name/Title
Amulet | Unknown
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Object Detail
Date
circa 1900
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
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Period
Period Detail
Gross Family Collection No.
027.025.055
Material/Technique
Lead, Cast
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Measurements
Height: 1.8 cm, Width: 0.1 cm (at base)
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Hallmark
Iconographical Subject
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Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Condition of Building Fabric
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Description

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

This is an example of a type of inexpensive, easily cast lead amulet that has only recently come to light. The disovery came because of extensive use of metal detectors by amateur explorers in the FSU, primarily in the Ukraine, where such amulets have been uncovered in both quantity and variety. In the Gross Family Collection there are more than 60 different variations. It is clear that they were a very popular protective talisman, worn by numberous Jewish children.

Triangular shaped amulets in this family of small cast lead talismans from the Ukraine are quite rare. There is on other example in the Gross Family Collection, 027.025. 039. This is an example of a "Heh' type amulet created for a male child to be hung around his neck on a string or chain for protection of the newly born child. In the center of the obverse is the single, decorated letter "Heh" of the monogrammaton. Around this is a decorative band of geometric shapes. On the reverse appears and inscription that is not yet identified. Originally there was a hanging loop as a part of the casting, but it has been broken off.

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Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
History/Provenance
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