British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
England
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Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine. Material: Bronze. Found: Egypt. In the shape of a peacock, with circular foot; the spout is at the end of the tail, and the hole for filling in the back is covered by a hinged leaf-shaped lid.
British Museum is closed 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January, but is open every other day of the year. Fast facts about the British Museum: Founded: 1753, Collection size: 8 million objects, Oldest object in the collection: Stone chopping tool (nearly 2 million years old).
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Silver coin of Alexander the Great; Greek; Date: 323BC-280BC; Kingdom of Macedonia, Minted in: An...
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Silver Coin of Alexander the Great. Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. (reverse) Zeus ...
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Harness; Carriage Fitting; Period: Late Roman; 4th. c.; Found: Anatolia, Turkey. British Museum i...
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Gold Coin of Alexander the Great (obverse) Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. Date: 32...
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Three Fragments of a Buckle or Brooch. Material: Gold. Period: Late Roman. Found/Acquired: Anato...
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Plate of a buckle or brooch; gold; Period: 4th c., Late Roman/Early Byzantine. 3 hefty studs at t...
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Silver Dish; Period: Early Byzantine. 6th.c.(late) on a shallow foot; the centre decorated with E...
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Earring; Period: Middle Byzantine; 11thc.-12thc. Material: gold. British Museum is closed 24, 25...
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Gold Earring; semi-circular; with U-shaped loop to which is attached a similarly shaped thin plat...
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Necklace; Materials: Glass and Amber Beads, mall bone cross and a blue faience figure of Bes. Per...
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Necklace; Cross pendant; Period: Early Byzantine; 5thc.-6thc.; Materials: glass, amber, amethyst ...
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Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine (6thc-7thc), one of a pair crescent-shaped loop. Found: Lam...
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Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
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Copper Alloy Weight, Period: Early Byzantine, 6thc-7thc, discoidal with double-grooved convex pro...
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Cameo; red glass; quadrangular; Period: 13thC, Late Byzantine. Figure of St John the Baptist in r...
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The Raising of Lazarus, Panel; ivory; Christ with cruciferous nimbus relocate to right with hand ...
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Terracotta Figure of Winged Nike Flying, wings raised, Period: Hellenistic 1stc(late) BC-1stc(ear...
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Bowl; circular medallion with half-figure of a nimbed saint, St Sergios. Period: Early Byzantine;...
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Terracotta figure of a boy with a cock, Period: Hellenistic, 1th c. BC. (circa) Material: Terraco...
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Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...