Cross-Shaped Pendant | Harvard Art Museums

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
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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

Verification Level

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1939.137: Cross-Shaped Pendant