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Historical Archive: Octagonal Reliquary Pendant gold with niello and silver, 0.8 × 2.1 × 3.7 cm (.31 x .8 x 1.5 inches) Constantinople, tenth to eleventh century Greek inscription, back: + E BEBAIA SoTERIA KAI APOSTROFE PANToN ToN KAKoN "+ secure deliverance and aversion [from] all evil" Greek inscription, around edge: + ToN AGIoN KOSMA KAI DAMIANOU "of Saints Cosmas and Damian" London, British Museum AF.354 front back: cross on steps, monogram front: hinge front: Nativity front: Adoration of the Magi back inscription: + E BEBAIA SoTERIA KAI APOS back inscription: TERIA KAI APOSTROFE PANToN ToN back inscription: STROFE PANToN ToN KAKoN oblique from front/left oblique from front/bottom right oblique from front/right open, from front/bottom open, from top/right open, from top/left partly open, oblique from upper left partly open, oblique from lower left partly open, from bottom partly open, oblique from upper right full edge inscription, composite photograph (1.24 MB) side with inscription: + To side with inscriptiona: N AGI side with inscription: oN K side with inscription: OSMA side with inscription: KAI D side with inscription: AMIA side with inscription: NOU side, hinge and suspension loop open, from bottom left, lid up open, from bottom, lid up open, on right side, lid on right open, oblique view of bottom with whitish material and catch for sliding pin open, oblique view of lid with sliding pin open, lid down