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Silver Roundel Inscribed and Decorated with a High Relief Head - X.0724
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 200
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
3.5" (8.9cm) high
x 3.5" (8.9cm) wide
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Medium: Silver
Additional Information: HK. Art Logic--Christie's (New York) 2004, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Lord McAlpine of West Green, England, with Royal-Athena Galleries (New York) 1988
Location: UAE
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| Description |
This high-relief piece depicts the head
(and low-
relief body) of a bearded man of
uncertain
identity, although he may be either a
religious
figure such as John the Baptist, or
perhaps one of
the Late Byzantine emperors. The Greek
inscription suggests that the piece
played a
protective role, perhaps in a high-
status
household:
LIKINNIS NENEDOS BOTRANOS APEDOKA TO
DIEITEN EUKHEN HUPER SOTERIAS TES OIKIAS
Translation:
Likinnis Nenedos Botranos: I have given
prayer
[offering] for safety of the house.
- (X.0724)
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