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Posted by Mustafa J. Salem on April 14, 2015 at 11:12am

Quite an old amulet marked in Tripoli. High quality silver. Rectangular amulets were quite common. This one shows a different 'unusual' design.

Peter Hoesli April 14, 2015 at 6:11pm

WOW Mustafa - this is gorgeous. Congratulations! Peter
Mustafa J. Salem April 14, 2015 at 9:58pm

Thank you Peter for your kind comment
Nada April 15, 2015 at 7:23am

I really love the design on this. Mustafa, do you know what the floral motif in the middle stands for?
Lynn Ardent April 15, 2015 at 7:46am

I agree, this is very beautiful.
Mustafa J. Salem April 15, 2015 at 8:44am

Thanks for the comments Nada and Lynn.

I can only explain the four palm tree leaves . Palm leaves are normally used as motifs in Libyan silver. But it is also normal to find flower petals as motifs so may be that is what it is meant for?

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