Necklace and Pendant with Islamic Inscription

Lines of fine script fill the stone from edge to edge, with not a corner wasted.

This necklace and pendant with Islamic inscription is from the Middle East, in carved agate and silver. Inscribed agate amulets are widely carried across the Islamic world, usually engraved with prayers, the names of God or of revered figures, and are generally believed to offer blessing and protection. The honey-colored pendant has a rounded body with a stepped neck, its face incised with Arabic script inside a central cartouche and around the border. Two milky white beads join it to a heavy silver chain. It is 26 inches long.

Plenty to say, and all of it in very small writing.