740 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXIV. 
for the cure of Deborah, daughter of Rachel, from bodily and mental 
maladies and protection from evil influences. Measurements, 94 by 
94 inches. Tunis, North Africa. (Cat. No. 217691, U.S.N.M.) 
180. AmuLer.—Manuscript, written on parchment. Contains 
passages from the Scriptures, names of God and angels, and invoca- 
tions, artistically strung together, for the cure and protection of 
Hannah, daughter of Rachel. Measurements, 74 by 74 inches. Tunis, 
North Africa. (Cat. No. 217692, U.S.N.M.) 
181. Rounp Bronze AmuLer.—On the obverse is the figure of Mars, 
in relief, as symbol of the planet of the same name, surrounded by 
an inscription in French and Hebrew, reading: “To serve according 
to the intention of G. W. L. D. Corson, with the name of Jehovah ”; 
the reverse is inscribed with a magic square and various cabalistic 
~ names of angels. Diameter, 34 inches. (Plates CIIT and CIV, fig. 
1, Cat. No. 3610, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
182. Rounp Bronze Amutrr.—On the obverse is the figure of 
Mercury in relief, as symbol of the planet of the same name, sur- 
rounded by an inscription in French and Hebrew, reading: * To serve 
~ according to the intention of G. W. L. D. Corson, with the name of 
Jehovah ”; the reverse is inscribed with a magic square and various 
cabalistic names of angels. Diameter, 34 inches. (Plates CIII and 
CIV, fig. 2, Cat. No. 3611, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
183. Sitver AmuLetr.—Repoussé work. Made in form of a vase. 
On one side are represented the tables of the Law, or Decalogue, 
in Hebrew, and the candlestick; on the other the perpetual lamp 
and a cup. On either side is the Hebrew name of God, Shaddaz, 
or “Almighty.” Measurements, 54 by 34 inches. (Cat. No. 3608, 
iO ASeNENIS) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
184, Sitver Amutet.—Repoussé work in Louis XV style. Made 
in form of a flower vase. Between the flowers arising from it are 
two gilded tablets engraved on one side with the Decalogue, on the 
other with the Hebrew name of God, Shadda, or “Almighty.” 
Surmounted by a gilded crown, while the bottom is fringed with 
small gilded bells. Measurements, 64 by 384 inches. (Cat. No. 
4832, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
185. Gorp Disx.—On the obverse is a representation of the Tem- 
ple, surrounded by the inscription, in Hebrew: “ May Jerusalem, the 
holy city, and the Temple be rebuilt and established soon, Amen ”’; on 
the reverse is seen the candlestick with the legend: “ Of beaten work 
shall the candlestick be made; his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, 
his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same” (Exodus xxv, 81). 
Mr. Benguiat thinks that the disk originated soon after the destruc- 
