Bronze ring: Holy Rider

PP-ID:

PP-4877

Classification:

ring

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn105

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn105

Material:

bronze

Dimensions:

14.1–14.6 × 3.9 mm (ring); 22 × 23.6 × 3.8 mm (hoop)

Date:

5th–7th c. AD? (J. Franek)

Iconography:

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

Bronze ring with an engraved bezel. Worn surface, intact.

Holy Rider with nimbus; his spear possibly terminates in a cross (only the vertical bar is clearly visible). Above the horse's head, a crescent moon. Beneath the horse, a crude, snake-like representation of the female demon.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

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2025.08.16 12:58:02

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