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Object NameMirror Frame or Pendant
Made FromLead with glass insert
Date400-699
Place MadeByzantine Empire; Syro-Palestine
SizeOverall Diam: 5.2 cm
Accession Number82.7.4 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGrey lead with glass insert, with buff incrustations adhering; cast in an open mold. Circular plaque, "sunburst" pattern, central opening surrounded by a band of 17 raised relief circles with central dots, 13 triangular rays terminating in similar relief circles radiate from the band, a crushed circular suspension loop above and a rectangular tab on the bottom are also decorated with circle and dot pattern, four prongs bent into the back supported a mirror.
Provenance
Former Collection Galerie Nefer - 1982-12-31
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