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Fragment of a Lead Hystera Amulet
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Obverse: between serpents, inscribed in Greek (life is light)
Reverse: inscribed in Greek (saint, masc.)
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Title: Fragment of a Lead Hystera Amulet
Description:
Obverse: between serpents, inscribed in Greek (life is light)
Reverse: inscribed in Greek (saint, masc.
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