1939.137: Cross-Shaped Pendant

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1939.137

Title

Cross-Shaped Pendant

Classification

Amulets

Work Type

amulet

Date

3rd-7th century

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

Culture

Roman Provincial

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216710

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lead

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

6.8 x 0.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Excavated from Daphne, sector 27-O (no. a-948-U598) (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 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

1939.137

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Ring with large suspension loop and three triangular projections that alternate with four smaller spikes. Herringbone pattern on front, back plain (cast in open mould, edges uneven).

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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