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Silver pendant, Slav (Kiev type), 12th century. This silver temporal pendant or earring is one of a pair. It would have been worn in the region of the temples, suspended from a crown or head-dress. The pendant is decorated with an interlaced, mythical animal and geometric designs on a black, nielloed ground. The animal may be a dynastic symbol. Silver pendants of this type are later versions of gold examples and would have been worn as female court regalia at ceremonial occasions in the princely court of Kiev, the capital of the early state of Rus'. The pendant was found in 1906, buried in a metal casket in Trekhsvyatytelska Street (Street of the Three Saints), opposite the gates of the Mikhailovsky Golden Dome Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. The hoard was probably buried at the time of the Tartar invasions and sack of Kiev around 1240.
M AND ME, 1907,5-20,13

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART209538

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3086px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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