Amulet in the Shape of Two Mirror-Imaged Birds

coptic (period)amuletjewelry

Date

Byzantine Period (4th–7th century)

Medium

Shell

Dimensions

2.9 × 1.3 × 0.2 cm (1 1/8 × 1/2 × 1/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson

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