Discovered a 1,000-year-old mysterious amulet under parking in Israel

Archaeologists in Israel unearthed an extremely rare earthen clay ball under a parking lot in the city of Jerusalem.

The charm is made of clay, dating from the 9th or 10th century. On the charm there is a prayer in Arabic that experts say can be used to protect the owner named Kareem.'Kareem believes in Allah' and 'The Lord of the World is Allah' , the translation of Dr. Nitzan Amitai-Preiss of the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University explains the words on the talisman.

The picture of the holy amulet was discovered in Jerusalem.(Photo: Getty).

This clay amulet is found between the plaster floor during the excavation of a small room at Givati ​​Parking in Jerusalem Walls National Park. However, the experts are not sure that people intentionally burying under the floor or simply a man named Kareem, living a thousand years ago today accidentally lost.

"Because this amulet has no holes to thread a rope in, we can assume that it is placed in a piece of jewelry or placed in some kind of carry-on bag," the researchers said. rescue said.

Dr. Nitzan Amitai-Preiss, said that semi-precious stone stamps with similar inscriptions are very popular from the Abbasid period, but this type of clay charm, especially very small, is a relatively rare archaeological artifact. oh

According to Professor Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Agency: 'The size of the object, its shape, and the text on it indicate that this amulet seems to be used. like an amulet, bless and protect the owner '.

The Abbasids , believed to have originated from the uncle of the Prophet Mohammed, were Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), the third king after Mohammed, and ruled from Baghdad on an empire large, from the 8th to 13th centuries.

At its peak, their empire stretches from North Africa in the West, covering the Holy Land and the entire Arabian Gulf, to Armenia, Turkestan and Afghanistan. In Israel, they ruled from the end of the 8th century to the end of the 10th century.