Silver Cross, 500–700, Byzantine, Silver, niello, Overall: 3 15/16 x 3 x 1/8 in. (10 x 7.6 x 0.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This elegant silver cross has flared arms ending in serifs. Similar crosses were given to churches and shrines as votive gifts. Crosses were everywhere in the early Byzantine world. They marked religious, secular, and domestic buildings, public works, clothes and jewelry, and objects in the home
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Silver Cross, 500–700, Byzantine, Silver, niello, Overall, 3 15/16 x 3 1/8, 10 7.6 0.3 cm, Metalwork-Silver, elegant, silver, cross, flared arms, ending, serifs, Similar crosses, given, churches, shrines, votive gifts, Crosses, everywhere, early Byzantine, world, marked religious, secular, domestic buildings, public works, clothes, jewelry, objects, home
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