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Amuletic Pendant
On this side of the pendant is an eye, attacked by a lion, snake, scorpion, stork, and spears. According to the Testament of Solomon, a magical text dating to before the 3rd century AD. The image of the "much suffering eye" protected the wearer from the Evil Eye, which could do harm by its very glance. On the other side, Solomon, the Holy Rider, spears Lillith, the embodiment of evil.
Inscription
Provenance
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L. Alexander Wolfe, Jerusalem, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Sale [Auction XXIII], Frank Sternberg, Zurich, November 20, 1989, no. 176; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by purchase.
Measurements
H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/2 in. (5.2 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1989
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.
54.2653