File:Byzantine - Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols - Walters 542657 - Left.jpg
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Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols |
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Description |
English: Originally made up of seven inscribed medallions, this armband demonstrates the intermixing of Christian, Jewish, and pagan imagery on an object of magical, medicinal purpose. Judging by the inscriptions, most armbands (made in Byzantine Syria and Egypt) were used to treat abdominal disorders. |
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Date |
6th century date QS:P571,+550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Late Antique) |
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Medium |
bronze medium QS:P186,Q34095 |
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Dimensions |
fragment A: 1.8 × 8 × 0.1 cm (0.7 × 3.1 × 0 in); fragment B: 1.7 × 5.7 × 0.1 cm (0.6 × 2.2 × 0 in); fragment C: 1.8 × 5.7 × 0.1 cm (0.7 × 2.2 × 0 in) |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
54.2657 |
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Place of creation | Samsun (in present-day Turkey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Transitions to Christianity. Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2011-2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Translation] + He who dwells in the shelter of [the Most High] (cf. Psalm 91:1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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