1939.133: Amulet with Inscription

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1939.133

Title

Amulet with Inscription

Classification

Amulets

Work Type

amulet

Date

4th-7th century

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

Culture

Roman Provincial

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216268

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

2.5 x 0.45 cm (1 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Excavated from Daphne, sector 27-O (no. b-283-S532) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity

Accession Year

1939

Object Number

1939.133

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Disk-shaped amulet of dark grey stone with a suspension hole in the center. The disk has a rounded edge and is polished. On both sides, short inscriptions in Greek letters are arranged concentrically:
BEIRPTYEIAW / BERBERTASTAS (magical inscription?)

Exhibition History

• Antioch-on-the-Orontes: Excavating an Early Byzantine City, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, 04/07/2010 - 10/10/2010

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