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Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Findspot: Antinoë in Egypt. The Ravenna mosaics portray this kind of precious jewelry, widespread during Early Christian times, being worn by ladies of the imperial court of Theodora.
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. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Bracelet with Panthers, Period: Early Byzantine, Found in Hadra near Alexandria (Egypt). Materia...
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Fragmentary Bracelet with Medallion of Emperor in a Chariot, Period: Early Byzantine, 6th century...
British Museum
Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; consisting of a tower-like ornament attached to a gold cha...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Solidus of Maurice Tiberius, 583-602, Material: gold, Diameter: w. 2.2 cm (13/16 in.). The Clevel...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Pectoral Cross. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 900s. Made in: Constantinople. Materials: gold, ...
British Museum
Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th-7th c. Materials: Bronze. Found: Edfu, great church (Up...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...
Cleveland Museum of Art
Crescent-Shaped Earring, Materials: Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel. Period: Middle Byzantine...
The Met Fifth Avenue
Buckle with Garnets. Period: Early Byzantine; circa:400–500 A.D. Material: gold. Made in: Constan...
The Benaki Museum
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Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Enkolpion with Enthroned Virgin, Nativity, Adoration; and Baptism. Period: Early Byzantine Last q...
British Museum
Polycandelon in the form of a pierced disk with openwork cross and nine circular perforations; Pe...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Co...
The State Hermitage Museum
Fragment of a Necklace Consisting of Eight Coins, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: Between 637 and...
British Museum
Pendant; Material: gold. Period: Late Roman; Early Byzantine; (5thc.) Found: Medinet el-Faiyum, E...
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
British Museum
Necklace; Cross pendant; Period: Early Byzantine; 5thc.-6thc.; Materials: glass, amber, amethyst ...
British Museum
Leaf-shaped pendant in opus interrasile embossed and chased with a foliate design. Period: Early ...
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Byzantine Pectoral Cross (front and back), Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–1400 A.D. , Benaki ...
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Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine;...
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Oval cameo of glass paste, with a representation of St Dimitrios. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa...
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Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
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Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: end of the 13th or beginning of...
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Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...
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Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
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Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
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Medallion with a Bust of St Symeon; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 10th-11th c. Materials: gold...
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Relief from the exterior ornamentation of a church at Amaseia in the Pontos. Materials: stone, Pe...
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Dish of brown, fine-grained clay covered with a white slip. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late...
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Pectoral cross with busts of Jesus Christ and saints, silver-gilt. On the reverse, the engraved i...
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Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period:...
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Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on th...
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Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
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Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
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Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: ...