Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th century. 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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Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Find...
Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: ...
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on th...
Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period:...
Medallion with a Bust of St Symeon; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 10th-11th c. Materials: gold...
Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
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Pectoral Cross. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 900s. Made in: Constantinople. Materials: gold, ...
Pendant depicting the scene “Triumphal Entry” . Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5-6th...
Mosaic Panel. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: Late 6th – early 7th century. Findspot: Ista...
Sarcophagus Fragment of Emperor Constantine the Great (?) Materials: Porphyry Period: Early Byzan...
Bust of Emperor Arcadius, Period: Early Byzantine circa: late 4th. century. Made in/Findspot: Con...
Quantity of pearl, tourmaline, glass, coral and bronze beads, once attached no doubt to cloth. Pe...
Sapphire and Tourmaline Ring Gems; Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6-7th century. Findspot/Locati...
Gold Earrings, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century A.D. Made in: Constantinople, Material...
Lion Statue from the monumental gate of Bucaleon Palace. Period: Early Byzantine, Findspot: Catla...
Sarcophagus – from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Period: Ea...
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Earring with Openwork, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 7th-9th Century. Materials: gold with a ro...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament of a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th – 7th century. Ma...