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tablet / pendant / case
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Object type
Museum number
1843,0724.3
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Description
Gold tablet with an Orphic inscription and the pendant case that contained it. The inscription warns the soul not to drink from a particular spring in Hades, but to seek one by the Lake of Memory, where, after drinking, it shall be equal with other souls.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 2ndC-3rdC (case)
- 3rdC BC-2ndC BC (tablet)
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Findspot
- Excavated/Findspot: Petelia
- (Europe,Italy,Calabria,Catanzaro,Strongoli,Petelia)
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Materials
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Dimensions
- Length: 27.9 centimetres (chain)
- Length: 3.5 centimetres (case)
- Length: 4.5 centimetres (tablet)
- Weight: 182.2 grains (total)
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
inscription
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Bibliography
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Location
On display: G69/dc2
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Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World's Cultures -
Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1843
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Department
Greek & Roman Antiquities
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Registration number
1843,0724.3
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