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LOT 1001
Byzantine Intaglio Gemstone
CIRCA 6TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.3 grams, 17 mm).
With incised legend '+OKA / TOIKO / NENBO / HΘIA' (for 'O KATOIKΩN EN BOHΩEIA' "Whoever dwells in the shelter (of the most high)' from Psalm 90.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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Plates from mid-period jewellery moulds (10th-12th centuries) with the imprint of the jewellery to be made carved into one or both of the surfaces (earrings, buckles, clasps, beads of necklaces, etc.) were usually made of graphite schist, or other rocks. The plates were bound together in twos or threes by lead pins and the liquid metal was injected via conical openings. Similar tools were found in the 10th-12th levels of Thessaloniki.
