Altar Cross
Altar Cross
Period
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)
Place of OriginSyria, Byzantine Empire
Date500-700
Dimensions7 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 1/8 in. (19.7 × 13.3 × 0.3 cm)
Mediumsilver with niello
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1953.48A
Not on View
The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (no catalogue).
about 1380-1400
about 1380-1400
about 1450-1500
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