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

PP-ID:

PP-4812

Classification:

pendant

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn37

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn37

Reference Numbers:

Franek, SoMa, no. 89

Material:

bronze

Dimensions:

46 × 25 mm (incl. suspension loop)

Date:

5th–6th c. AD (J. Franek)

Iconography:

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

Bronze, leaf-shaped amulet with a dedicated suspension loop at the top, engraved on both sides. Intact.

Side A: Crude engraving of the Holy Rider, nimbate, brandishing a spear with a cruciform termination, attacking the female demon, represented here in the most basic terms as an indistinct coiled shape.
Side B: Α cross, followed by the Greek incipit of Psalm 90/91: οκ|ατυ|κον|{υ} → ὁ κατοικῶν. ‘You who live [in the shelter of the Most High …]’.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Selected bibliography
• Franek 2025 >>, no. 89.

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2025.08.16 12:57:48

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