"Enameled Vermeil Pendant Figuring Moses In The Basket Entrusted To The Nile."
Enamelled vermeil pendant depicting Moses in the basket entrusted to the Nile.Length without the bail ring: 14 mm, with the bail ring: 16 mm
Width of the basket: 10.1 mm. Thickness of the basket with its cover: 6 mm
Length of "Moses": 9 mm
2.8 grams. Two hallmarks inside the basket lid
Very good condition.
Traces of use visible in the photographs but no repairs or restorations.
Moses' mother wants to save her son, because the pharaoh wanted to have all the Hebrew babies killed. She places it in a wicker basket, which she puts in the water on the Nile. Moses is then adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. Moses means “saved from the waters”
Moses is, according to tradition, the first prophet of Judaism. Moses appears in the Book of Exodus. He is the most important figure in the Hebrew Bible, receiving the Law for Judaism, foreshadowing Jesus Christ for Christianity and the Prophet Muhammad for Islam.
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