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Intaglio with Abraxas and Magical Inscription
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
This intaglio shows the rooster-headed, snake-legged deity Abraxas. He has a whip in his right hand and a shield with an inscription on his left arm. There is another inscription around the figure and several magical characters and letters below. On the other side of the intaglio are five rows of vowels.
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: 15/16 x W: 11/16 x D: 1/8 in. (2.45 x 1.7 x 0.3 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.
42.869