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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

Verification Level

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