Bronze ring: Holy Rider, Greek text

PP-ID:

PP-5694

Classification:

ring

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn148

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn148

Reference Numbers:

Franek, SoMa, no. 321

Material:

bronze

Dimensions:

diameter: 17 mm (bezel)

Date:

5th–6th c. AD (J. Franek)

Iconography:

rider, holy; rider spearing the evil; nimbus; tunic; mantle; spear; horse; female figure; lying posture; moon, crescent?

Fragment of a bronze ring with an engraved bezel; hoop largely lost.

Holy Rider, nimbate; in front of his head, a dash (representing a crescent). Beneath the horse, a crude depiction of a prostrate female demon. A semicircular Greek text around the edge: εισθεοσονικοντακα → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τὰ κα<κά>. ‘One God conquering evil’.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Selected bibliography
• Franek 2025 >>, no. 321.

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2025.08.16 12:58:55

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