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29-128-582

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-582
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Christian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Early Christian | Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Nephrite
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Palm | Anchor | Fish | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Nephrite. A Christian Talisman of the third century A.D. Byzantine, Case II.

Vermeule: Nephrite. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Pierced for suspension at top. A christian talisman engraved intaglio on both sides. OBV: Anchor flanked by two fish., inscribed reversed in Greek letters. JESUS CHRISTOS. REV: Crossed palms. Early Christian?

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 582 - Sommerville Gem Number

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