. Guide leaflet. around it. Also wemeet with consider-able repetition, atext of notable ef-ficacy as a charmbeing used on manyamulets. Here isone from one of thelater seals, now apart of the MorganGem Collection. A CYLINDER SEAL Carved from rock crystal in Babylon about 2000 At the left is shown the impression made by rolling the cylinder over a piece of soft clav. sign, and a longertext wrought as aborder or panel A PERSIAN AMULET Carved from chalcedony and engraved with texts from the Koran. The Arabic lettering has the effect of an intricate and beautiful decoration. Center: And theThu
. Guide leaflet. around it. Also wemeet with consider-able repetition, atext of notable ef-ficacy as a charmbeing used on manyamulets. Here isone from one of thelater seals, now apart of the MorganGem Collection. A CYLINDER SEAL Carved from rock crystal in Babylon about 2000 At the left is shown the impression made by rolling the cylinder over a piece of soft clav. sign, and a longertext wrought as aborder or panel A PERSIAN AMULET Carved from chalcedony and engraved with texts from the Koran. The Arabic lettering has the effect of an intricate and beautiful decoration. Center: And theThunder declaresHis Glory with HisPraise, and the an-gels also for awe of : In the name of Allah, the compas-sionate, the Merciful. Allah is He besideswhom there is no god, the Everliving, theSelf-subsisting by whom all subsist. Slumberdoes not overtake him nor sleep. Whateveris in the Heavens, and whatever is in theEarth is His. Who is he that can intercedewith Him but by His permission? He knowswhat hath been before them, and what shallbe after them, and they cannot comprehendanything out of His knowledge except whathe pleases. His knowledge extends over theHeavens and theEarth, and the up-holding of them bothburdens Him He is the mosthigh, the greatA notable excep-tion to the almostuniversal use ofquartz for theseMoslem seals, is anirregular sl
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