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LOT 0973
Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Angel and Inscription
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (7.9 grams, 39 mm).
Claw-shaped with cross and angel motif to the obverse; an inscription reading '+O KAT...Y' to the reverse.
Provenance
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
Literature
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 585, for identical object.
Footnotes
While one side is engraved with an angel with a cross-staff, the other side is engraved with the beginning of Psalm 91 (90): + Ο ΚΑΤΟΙΚΟΝ ΕΝ ΒΟΗΘΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΥΨΙϹΤΟΙ…(He who dwells in the shadow of the Most High…).
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