Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, 700s, Avar or Byzantine, Gold, 6 5/8 × 4 13/16 × 5 1/16 in., 13 Troy Ounces (16.8 × 12.2 × 12.9 cm, 421g), Metalwork-Gold, This goblet is decorated with female personifications of four major ecclesiastical centers in the Byzantine world. The awkwardly written identifications suggest that this goblet was an Avar attempt to imitate a Byzantine chalice
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Gold Goblet, Personifications, Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, 700s, Avar, Byzantine, Gold, 6 5/8, 4 13/16, 5 1/16, 13 Troy Ounces, 16.8, 12.2, 12.9 cm, 421g, Metalwork-Gold, goblet, decorated, female personifications, four major, ecclesiastical, centers, Byzantine world, awkwardly written, identifications, suggest, Avar attempt, imitate, chalice
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