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Egyptian
Byzantine (Coptic) Period

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 x 5.5 cm (2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary S. Ames
Accession Number11.1515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentPendants

DescriptionBronze; plain circle above, which is broken; scroll work below, corroded.
ProvenanceBy 1909: purchased in Egypt by Joseph Lindon Smith; 1909: on loan to the MFA; 1911: purchased by the MFA through funds provided by Mary S. Ames.
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)