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Lot 175

Hammer – Hebrew and Persian Engraving

Hammer. [Place unknown, 20th century].
Cast engraved steel, wooden handle.
Engraved on one side of the hammer head is the verse: "Are not all my words as fire speaks G-d and as a hammer that shatters rock". Mirror writing with vowels. On reverse side is a Persian inscription in Arabic lettering, apparently the translation of the verse (also mirror writing).
Height: 25 cm. Width: 7 cm.