Amuletic Pendant
Walters Art Museum Object Description
On this side of the pendant is an eye, attacked by a lion, snake, scorpion, stork, and spears. According to the Testament of Solomon, a magical text dating to before the 3rd century AD. The image of the "much suffering eye" protected the wearer from the Evil Eye, which could do harm by its very glance. On the other side, Solomon, the Holy Rider, spears Lillith, the embodiment of evil.For the latest information about this object, Amuletic Pendant, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.
| Creator Name | Byzantine |
| Title | Amuletic Pendant |
| Cultural Context | Byzantine |
| Creator | Byzantine |
| Worktype | Metal; pendants |
| Date | 5th-6th century (Late Antique) |
| Cultural Context | Byzantine |
| Source | Walters Art Museum |
| Material | copper alloy |
| Curationist Record | https://www.curationist.org/works/work-wam-22369 |
| Dimensions | H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/2 in. (5.2 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm) |
| Technique | -- |
| Language | -- |
| Date | 5th-6th century (Late Antique) |
| Provenance | Walters Art Museum, 1989, by purchase.; L. Alexander Wolfe, Jerusalem, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Sale [Auction XXIII], Frank Sternberg, Zurich, November 20, 1989, no. 176; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by purchase. |
| Style Period | -- |
| Rights | CC0 |
| Inscription | [Transcription] Εἰς Θεός / Εἰς Θεός ὁ νικῶν τὰ κακά. ΙΑΩΘ;[Translation] One God / [The] one God overcomes the evil. JHVH;[Transcription] eis theos nikoon ta kaka |
| Location | -- |
| Source | Walters Art Museum |
| Subjects | -- |
| Topic | -- |
| Related Content | -- |