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Photo Credit: © Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. Photography by Neil Greentree.

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Grooved Turning Key Bit Belonging to a Seal Ring (The Menil Collection, Houston X 734)


Middle Byzantine
9th century - 10th century
0.9 x 1.3 x 1.7 cm (3/8 x 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
gold and niello
Loan.BZ.2000.001

Not on view


Permalink: http://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/47519

Additional Images
Additional Image With Signet Key-Ring "of Panaretos" (BZ.1958.19)
With Signet Key-Ring "of Panaretos" (BZ.1958.19)
Additional Image With Signet Key-Ring "of Panaretos" (BZ.1958.19)
With Signet Key-Ring "of Panaretos" (BZ.1958.19)

Description
This grooved turning key bit on loan from The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas fits into the Signet Key-Ring "of Panaretos" (BZ.1958.19) in the collection at Dumbarton Oaks.


Exhibition History
Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks, "75 Years/75 Objects: Celebrating 75 Years of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum," September 8, 2015 - May 22, 2016.

Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks, Rich in Blessings: Wealth and the Late Antique Household, November 17, 2023 - June 9, 2024.


Related Objects
Image of Signet Key Ring
Signet Key Ring
BZ.1958.19

Object Last Modified: 6/10/2024