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Historical Archive: Byzantine Ceramics, Glass, Metalwork, and Bread

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Eucharistic bread, Early Byzantine Egypt, KM 1971.02.0250a
solidus of Arcadius (395-408), gold, DO
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solidus of Julius Nepos (474/5-80), gold, DO
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solidus of Zeno (474-91), gold, DO
(Not yet digitized)
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ampulla in the form of a fish, ceramic, late 5th c. Luxor, Pushkin
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glass ampulla with painted saint, 5th to 6th c. Syria/Palestine, CMA 1999.236
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glass ampulla with painted saint, 5th to 6th c. Syria/Palestine, CMA 1999.236
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seal of Leontios with menorah, eastern Mediterranean 5th-7th c., BM MME 88,5-11,3
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Adoration of the Magi (abbreviated), DO
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Adoration of the Magi (abbreviated), DO
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Angel at the Sepulchre, DO 58.30
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Angel at the Sepulchre, DO 58.30
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6th c. gold ring with agate intaglio lioness, DO 58.34
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6th c. gold ring with agate intaglio lioness, DO 58.34
2 Menas ampullae, ceramic, 6th c., Hermitage
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Menas ampulla, 6th c. Byzantine Egypt, KM 0000.08.8209
6th or 7th c. gold pendant with banded agate cameo of mythological figures, 3rd or 6th c., DO 1969.15
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Menas ampulla, ceramic, 6th to 7th c. Egypt, CMA 1999.231
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Menas ampulla, ceramic, 6th to 7th c. Abu Mena, Pushkin
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Sergios ampulla, tin-lead alloy, 6th-7th c. Syria, WAM 55.105
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Thekla ampulla, ceramic, 6th to 7th c. Abu Mena, Louvre MNC 1926
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censer with crosses, birds, and columnms, bronze, 6th/7th-c. Egypt, UMMA 1960/1.4
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censer with crosses, birds, and columnms, bronze, 6th/7th-c. Egypt, UMMA 1960/1.4
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ampulla with Crucifixion, tin-lead alloy, Jerusalem c.600, CMA 1999.46
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cross pendant, gold, Egypt?, early 7th c., DO BZ.1937.24
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cross pendant, gold, Egypt?, early 7th c., DO BZ.1937.24
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Early Byzantine pendant with crystal intaglio Christ Emmanuel backed with blue glass, obverse, DO 50.35
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Early Byzantine pendant with crystal intaglio Christ Emmanuel backed with blue glass, reverse, DO 50.35
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Early Byzantine pendant with crystal intaglio Christ Emmanuel backed with blue glass, profile, DO 50.35
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stamp seal of Anastasios with suspension loop, crystal intaglio with metalwork mount, 7th-8th c. Medinet Habu (Egypt), Met 08.202.28
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stamp seal of Anastasios with suspension loop, crystal intaglio with metalwork mount, 7th-8th c. Medinet Habu (Egypt), Met 08.202.28
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fragment of free-blown glass with enamel, 7th-8th c. Egypt, KM 1970.03.0931
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sherd with male saint, ceramic, 10th c. Byzantine Egypt, KM 1961.06.0059
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Reliquary icon: frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th/12th c.; Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c.; conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany. 26.3 x 24 cm. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page.
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gold coin of Constantine VII (nomisma histamenon), Constantinople 1025-28, DO BZC 1960.125.66
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plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page.
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gold coin of Constantine IX Monomachos (nomisma), Constantinople 1042-55, DO BZC 1948.17.2908
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ampulla from the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem: Anastasis, lead, c.1099-1200, CMA 1999.234