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Historical Archive: David and Goliath
silver, diameter 49.4, thickness 6.6 cm (19.4 x 2.6 inches)
Constantinople, 629–30
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.190.396

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full plate
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river personification
with sun, moon,
Hand of God
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David fighting
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Goliath fighting
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flowers below David
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David shoe, flowers
between fighters
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exergue: David
beheads Goliath
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exergue: David
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exergue: Goliath
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exergue: Goliath helmet
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exergue: Goliath shield
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near profile view
with other David
plates