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brooch
;
cameo
Object Type
brooch
cameo
Museum number
AF.352
Description
Brooch; gold; oval and pyramidal; the truncated apex set with an onyx with cameo inscription in three lines; the sides ornamented with concentric rings of pellets, the lowest stage having loops on which pearls or beads have been threaded.
Cultures/periods
Ottonian
(brooch)
Late Roman
(gemstone)
Production date
10thC
(brooch)
4thC-5thC
(gemstone)
Materials
gold
onyx
pearl
(?)
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Length:
1.32 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(280)
Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years
(358)
Tait 1986a / Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery
(502)
Westermann-Angerhausen 1983 / Ottonischer Fibelschmuck: neue Funde und Überlegungen
(4)
Yangaki 2009 / North Syrian Mortaria and Other Late Roman Personal and Utility Objects Bearing Inscriptions of Good Luck
(B.1.8)
Location
On display
(G41/dc3/sC)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1992 23 Mar-21 Jun, Germany, Speyer, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Die Salier und ihr Reich
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1897
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
AF.352