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

PP-ID:

PP-5726

Classification:

pendant

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn213

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn213

Material:

bronze

Date:

5th–6th c. AD (J. Franek)

Iconography:

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

Bronze, leaf-shaped pendant with a dedicated suspension loop at the top. Significant traces of wear and corrosion; chipped on the side.

Side A: Holy Rider, nimbate, spearing a female demon trampled under the hooves of his horse. The demon is hardly visible, but its presence may be safely assumed based on the segmented, worm-like lower body. Above the rider, a semicircular Greek text: εισθεοσονικοντα[---] → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τὰ [κακά]. ‘One God conquering evil’.
Side B: Greek incipit of Psalm 90/91: οκατ|υκονεν|βοηθια|τουυψ|ιστο → ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν βοηθίᾳ τοῦ ὑψίστο<υ>. ‘You who live in the shelter of the Most High, ...’.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

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2025.08.16 12:59:49

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