Ring or Armband Fragment - Kenyon College

URL

http://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1154

Credit Line

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

Culture

Byzantine

Date Creation

6th–7th centuries

Dk Extent

15/16 in.

Dk Format

Bronze

Geography

Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Turkey

Identifier

2020.108

Signatures Inscriptions 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.].