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Source Description
This token displays an image of the menorah, the seven-branched candlestick used in Jewish temples. Made for private use, such tokens were at times inscribed with the name of the owner. In this period, the menorah was considered a symbol of the Jewish hope for deliverance from persecution and was imprinted on small amulets throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
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Document identity
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25429
label
Menorah Token
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object
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Source metadata
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25429
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title
Menorah Token
description
This token displays an image of the menorah, the seven-branched candlestick used in Jewish temples. Made for private use, such tokens were at times inscribed with the name of the owner. In this period, the menorah was considered a symbol of the Jewish hope for deliverance from persecution and was imprinted on small amulets throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
provenance
Helios Old World Antiquities, Westminster, MD, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.
date
4th-6th century (Late Antique)
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CC0
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en
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Glasswares
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import
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H: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
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Byzantine
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glass
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6640
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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