Bronze ring: Holy Rider, Greek text

PP-ID:

PP-5728

Classification:

ring

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn216

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn216

Material:

bronze

Date:

5th–6th c. AD (J. Franek)

Iconography:

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

Bronze ring with an engraved bezel. Intact.

Holy Rider, nimbate, nimbate, spearing a female demon trampled under the hooves of his horse; the demon's hands are bound. In front of the rider's head, a crescent. A semicircular Greek text runs around the edge: εισθεοσονικωντακακα → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τὰ κακά. ‘One God conquering evil.’

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

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2025.08.16 13:00:54

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