A 10th- or 11th-century Pendant
This star of David pendant was found in a coin hoard in Spain, made between 929 and 1010.
A 10th-century Description
This snippet was written by Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi, a poet who worked at the Umayyad court. He describes the involvement of the Jewish scribe Hasdai b. Shaprut in the court of ‘Abd al-Rahman III (here: al-Nasir l-din Allah).
Source, pp. 71-2.
Medieval Islamic History 