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Gold Clasp with an Intaglio Medallion of the Virgin and Child in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2010

Gold Clasp with an Intaglio Medallion of the Virgin and Child in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2010
Gold Clasp with Intaglio Medallion of the Virgin and Child
Byzantine
Made 500-600
Inscribed in Greek: "Mother of God, I am thine, save me"

Accession # 10.130.1522

The incised image and the inscription on the reverse expressed the owner's devotion to the Virgin as the Theotokos, Mother of God.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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