Bronze pendant: Holy Rider (A) beginning of Psalm 90/91 (B)

PP-ID:

PP-4782

Classification:

pendant

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn9

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn9

Reference Numbers:

Franek, SoMa, no. 78

Material:

bronze

Iconography:

rider spearing the evil; rider, holy; nimbus; spear; horse; female figure; lying posture

Ivy-shaped bronze pendant with a long suspension loop. Intact, rim is damaged, side A slightly, side B heavily worn.

Side A: Galloping horseman, face in profile, nimbus around the head, clothing unspecified. He holds a spear in his raised right hand, piercing a roughly carved figure lying in front of him. Above him, in a semi-circle, Greek text: εισθεοσονικοντακα → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τὰ κα<κά>. 'One god conquering evil.'
Side B: Greek text in five lines: οκατο|ικονεν|βοηθι|ατουυ|ψιστ → ὁ κατοικ{ο}<ῶ>ν ἐν βοηθ<ε>ίᾳ τοῦ ὑψίστ<ου>. 'You who live in the shelter of the Most High': beginning of Psalm 90/91.

Selected bibliography
• Franek 2025 >>, no. 78.

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2025.07.29 15:18:50

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