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| Keywords: Sh Sharayan - Triangular Pendant from a Woman?s Headpiece - Walters 572314 - Back Detail A.jpg This pendant was one of a pair and was part of a woman's headpiece The triangle is cast the loops soldered on The motif combines rosettes spirals circles and rhombic granulation clusters and is framed by a bead-molded border The top loop connects to a smaller rhombic element with circle and semicircle filigree and to an elongated hook with square and double-dot décor Ten chains hanging down from the five bottom loops and each has a stylized hand pendant at its end The back of the pendant has an Arabic stamp with the date nusfi 128x The term nusfi means half and the last number of the date is lost but it must be a number in the later 1280s AH AD late 1860s-early 1870s In addition there is the name of the silversmith engraved in Hebrew Sh lomo Sharayan mahasit The same silversmith is named on the pendants of Walters 57 2313 The term mahasit means half 1285-1289 AH/AD 1865-1875 silver Triangle H without loops 1 15/16 x W of base 1 9/16 in 5 x 4 cm accession number 57 2314 80918 Mr Benjamin Zucker Zucker Family Trust and Mr Derek Content New York and London by purchase Walters Art Museum Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum Baltimore and the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Mr Benjamin Zucker and Mr Derek Content in honor of Mrs Barbara Zucker and Mrs Amanda Content 2010 Stamp Arabic nusfi 128x Engraving Hebrew S lomo Sarayan mahasit place of origin Raydah Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Sh Sharayan Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sh Sharayan - Triangular Pendant from a Woman?s Headpiece - Walters 572314 - Back Detail A.jpg This pendant was one of a pair and was part of a woman's headpiece The triangle is cast the loops soldered on The motif combines rosettes spirals circles and rhombic granulation clusters and is framed by a bead-molded border The top loop connects to a smaller rhombic element with circle and semicircle filigree and to an elongated hook with square and double-dot décor Ten chains hanging down from the five bottom loops and each has a stylized hand pendant at its end The back of the pendant has an Arabic stamp with the date nusfi 128x The term nusfi means half and the last number of the date is lost but it must be a number in the later 1280s AH AD late 1860s-early 1870s In addition there is the name of the silversmith engraved in Hebrew Sh lomo Sharayan mahasit The same silversmith is named on the pendants of Walters 57 2313 The term mahasit means half 1285-1289 AH/AD 1865-1875 silver Triangle H without loops 1 15/16 x W of base 1 9/16 in 5 x 4 cm accession number 57 2314 80918 Mr Benjamin Zucker Zucker Family Trust and Mr Derek Content New York and London by purchase Walters Art Museum Joint gift to the Walters Art Museum Baltimore and the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Mr Benjamin Zucker and Mr Derek Content in honor of Mrs Barbara Zucker and Mrs Amanda Content 2010 Stamp Arabic nusfi 128x Engraving Hebrew S lomo Sarayan mahasit place of origin Raydah Yemen Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Sh Sharayan Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
