MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - Menorah Pin - Walters 542946.jpg This long straight pin may have been used by a Jewish woman to fasten her clothing or to ornament her hair In earlier periods in ancient Greece and the Roman Empire pins like these were used to ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - Menorah Pin - Walters 542946.jpg This long straight pin may have been used by a Jewish woman to fasten her clothing or to ornament her hair In earlier periods in ancient Greece and the Roman Empire pins like these were used to fasten cloaks These pins have been found with a variety of decorative forms such as circles and swirls at the top century 4 7 Late Antique bronze cm 20 6 0 7 accession number 54 2946 8477 Daniel M Friedenberg Greenwich Connecticut and New York 1997 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Daniel M Friedenberg 1998 place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Jewish art Menorah
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