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Intaglio with Triple-Formed Hecate
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
This oval intaglio depicts a triple-formed Hecate with each head wearing a modius. The uppermost pair of hands hold whips, the middle pair hold daggers, and the lowest hold torches with the flaming ends down. There is an inscription in a ring around the goddess. There is also an inscription on the reverse that is often found on amulets and in magical papyri.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Measurements
H: 11/16 x W: 7/16 (1.7 x 1.1 x 0.03 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.874