Ring or Armband Fragment

Creator

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Creation Date

6th–7th centuries

Geography

Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Turkey

Culture

Byzantine

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

15/16 in.

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.108

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Julia Schottlander (Tetragon) in London on October 16, 1993.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

The Greek inscription reads O KA/TOIKO/N EN (Ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν), the opening words of Psalm 90:1: "He who lives [by the help of the Most High, in a shelter of the God of the sky he will lodge.].