Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th c. Made in: Alexandria, Egypt. Their height varies from 0.05 to 0.06 m. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament.
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British Museum
Gold Earring; Square; on one face a cheque of triangular groups of pellets, above an animal’...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament of a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th – 7th century. Ma...
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols, Material: Glass, mold-blown. Place of Manufacture: Jerusale...
Mosaic Panel. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: Late 6th – early 7th century. Findspot: Ista...
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. Materials: Garnet with gold...
Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on th...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Type of art work: Textile, Materia...
Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Mid-11th century. Size: 22 x 20 (8.7 x 7.9). Materia...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
Lion Statue from the monumental gate of Bucaleon Palace. Period: Early Byzantine, Findspot: Catla...
Solidus of Justinian I, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 552–565 A.D. Minted in: Ravenna, Material...
British Museum
Plate of a buckle or brooch; gold; Period: 4th c., Late Roman/Early Byzantine. 3 hefty studs at t...
Sarcophagus Fragment of Emperor Constantine the Great (?) Materials: Porphyry Period: Early Byzan...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Solidus of Maurice Tiberius, 583-602, Material: gold, Diameter: w. 2.2 cm (13/16 in.). The Clevel...
The State Hermitage Museum
Ring Decorated with a Monogram, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 7th century. Found: Pereshchepina...
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross with Pearls, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200–1400. Materials: Gold and pearls. On view ...
Button, Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Materials: Rock crystal with a garnet mounted in a gold gran...
British Museum
Gold Earring, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 6thC-7thC. Found/Acquired: Erythraea (Europe,Greec...
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...