Strand of Beads, 9th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Carnelian, H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Jewelry, These beads, found together but restrung in a modern setting, may have formed a strand of prayer beads, which in Islamic practice have either thirty-three or ninety-nine beads to facilitate the recitation of the ninety-nine names of God
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Strand, Beads, 9th–12th century, Excavated, Iran, Nishapur, Carnelian, H, 5 3/4, 14.6 cm, Jewelry, beads, together, restrung, modern setting, formed, strand, prayer beads, Islamic practice, thirty-three, ninety-nine, facilitate, recitation, names, God
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