Pendant with IBIS REDIBIS NON MORIERIS IN BELLO

Bronze/Silver plated bronze pendant with IBIS REDIBIS NON MORIERIS IN BELLO with small bronze ring hand-burnished

Material: bronze – bronze and 999 silver plated bronze

Technique: lost wax casting

Origin: Inspired by the Stele in the Capitoline Museums on which feet are depicted.

Ibis redibis non morieris in bello is a Latin phrase from Alberido delle Tre Fontane – Chronicon, often used to illustrate the meaning of syntactic ambiguity to students of either Latin or linguistics. Traditionally, it is attributed to the oracles of Dodona. The phrase is thought to have been uttered to a general consulting the oracle about his fate in an upcoming battle. The sentence is crafted in a way that without punctuation, it can be interpreted in two significantly different ways.