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Summary
Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Herakles Knot
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| Title |
Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Herakles Knot |
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| Description |
This type of mirror was introduced throughout the Roman Empire by the 2nd century and remained popular into the 3rd and 4th centuries. Similar examples have been found in Germany and Britain. The handle is made of two thick pieces of silver wire, intertwined to form a Herakles knot--a knot so complex that only someone as strong as Herakles could break it. In antiquity, knots of various kinds were believed to provide protection from harm. |
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| Date | 280 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Silver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 2.3 x 34.6 cm (7/8 x 13 5/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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1956.31 |
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| Place of creation | Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, 3rd-4th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 18:42, 21 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 3,291 (8.83 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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