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Historical Archive: Fifth century, not more precisely datable
crocodile pendant, jadeite, Caribbean watershed 1-500 CE, DO PC.B.263, which has its own page |
Reaper with bird, carnelian, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26123, Bonner 122. See many 1st-6th c. works at 'Abrasax' gems. |
conical lamp from Karanis, free-blown glass, 3rd-5th c., KM 0000.00.5545 |
nereid riding hippocamp, bone, 3rd-5th c., KHM X 293 |
cylinder seal, probably Sassanian (224-651), crystal, Leiden A 1952/1.2. For other views see Leiden. |
Abraham and Isaac, banded agate intaglio, Sasanian (224-651), CdM Chab. 1330 |
Dionysiac scene on Sasanian silver/gilt dish, 224-651, from Alkino village, Pernoll, MSHM |
beaker with Raising of Lazarus, abraded glass, 4th to 5th c. Rhineland, TMA 48.14 |
jug from Fayoum, free-blown glass, 4th-5th c., KM 0000.00.5158 |
wide mouthed jar, free-blown glass, 4th-5th c. Egypt, KM 1968.02.0214. For profile view see Kelsey. |
Artemis, Apollo, hero, satyrs, and Maenads on a woman’s tunic, linen and wool, 4th-5th c. Akhmim, Pushkin 5832 |
ceramic lamp with menorah from Cyrenaica, Libya, 4th-5th c., Penn L-2002-1.1 |
paten, fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., metalwork mid to second half 9th c., serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. |
book of wood/wax tablets w. Greek school exercises, Byzantine Egypt 4th-5th c., SMB EgMP P14000. For profile view see Berlin. |
crossbow fibula, bronze, prob. 4th-5th c., MStA 1978.439, which has its own page |
Holy Rider pendant, copper alloy, 4th-7th c.?, UCh 1988.57. For inscription and side see UCh. |
bracelet, gold/garnet, 4th-8th c. steppes/south forest zone of eastern Europe, MSHM. For other views see MSHM. |
animal plaque, 4th-8th c., north Urals/Kama region, MSHM |
Peter's Denial and Repentance, and Arrest of Christ, ivory, 5th c. Italy (Ravenna?), Louvre OA 3860 |
Asklepios and Hygeia, ivory, 5th c., Liverpool museum |
Muses diptych, ivory, 5th c., Louvre LP 1264. For details see Louvre. |
miniature free-blown glass jar with applied decoration, 5th c. Egypt, KM 1968.02.0068 |
dromedary mosaic, eastern Mediterranean (Syria?) 5th c., AIC 1970.1065 |
Lateran Baptistery, Rome, narthex, 5th c. The baptistery octagon and narthex have their own interior page. |
life of Dionysus, ivory pyxis, 5th c., Bologna pcr 12, which has its own page |
bow fibula from Regöly grave, "Hunnic" (5th c.?), Szekszárd. For companion fibula see Szekszárd. |
buckle from Regöly grave, "Hunnic" (5th c.?), Szekszárd |
bow fibulae from Szilágy Somlyó, silver/gold/garnet/green glass, 5th c., HNM 122/1895.2-2a.-N.83-84 |
"Kaiserfibel" from Szilágy Somlyó, gold/onyx (layered chalcedony)/rock crystal/garnet/green glass, 5th c., HNM 122/1895.1.-N.70. The Szilágy Somlyó treasure has its own page with oblique view. |
buckle from Wolfsheim, 5th c., LMM 1979/135 |
plaque from Babenhausen, silver gilt, 5th c., LMM N1490 |
grave stone of Meteriola from Remagen, trachyte volcanic stone, 5th c., RLM 8411 |
allegory of the Nile: crocodile, Egypt 5th c. CE, Leiden |
cicada brooch, silver/copper alloy, 5th c. "Hunnic," Morgan 2012.2:106 |
bow fibula, 5th c., Ommundrød, Vestfold, OHM C 29300a |
gold bracteate, 5th c. Denmark, prob. Tyr overcoming Fenris, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5837 |
Archangel Michael with cross, hematite, 5th-6th c., DO 57.68. For reverse see DO. |
gold pendant, poss. Byzantine empress, 5th-6th c., KHM VII 898 |
Bacchus and Ariadne, ivory pyxis, 5th-6th c., Trier? KHM X41, which has its own page |
Rome, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 38, which has its own page with companion panel |
Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 37, which has its own page with companion panel |
Archangel Michael with globus cruciger, hematite, 5th-6th c., Kelsey 26128, Bonner 336. For reverse see Kelsey. |
Orant figure (fragment), hematite, 5th-6th c., Kelsey 26132, Bonner 337. For reverse see Kelsey. |
Virgin and Child, black glass, 5th-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 330 |
Symeon the Elder or Symeon the Younger, 5th-6th c. Syria, basalt, SMBByz 9/63, which has its own page |
blown glass ampulla with painted saint, 5th to 6th c. Syria/Palestine, CMA 1999.236. For another view see CMA. |
grave stone of Pauta from Liebfrauenkirche, Worms: Chrismon, birds, branches; limestone, 5th to 6th c., LMM S3021. For detail see LMM. |
grave stone of Grutilo from Liebfrauenkirche, Worms: Chrismon, birds; limestone, 5th to 6th c., LMM S3012 |
pilaster capital: prepared throne with dove and angels, marble, 5th to 6th c., Louvre Ma 3679. For detail see Louvre. |
sacrifice of a captive funeral cushion, linen and wool loop textile with inset, 5th-6th c., Pushkin 5180 |
excavated 5th/6th-c. structure and sarcophagi, Saint-Denis crypt, which has its own page. |
gold/garnet or carnelian plaque, 5th-6th c. North Caucasus, MSHM |
gold/garnet or carnelian plaques, 5th-6th c. North Caucasus, MSHM |
columns from La Daurade, Toulouse, 5th-6th c. marble, Louvre R.F. 2305, 2306. For details see Louvre. |
Christ with SS. Peter and Paul, ivory 5th-6th c., on Schn B98, which has its own page |
reliquary in sarcophagus form, gypsum, 5th-6th c. Apamene, Syria, SMBByz 10/87. For other views see Berlin. |
Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page |
silver reliquary, Greece, 5th-6th c.? BNM 67/1, which has its own page |
Lateran Baptistery, Rome, exterior, 5th-7th c. This work has its own exterior page. |
dove oil lamp, bronze, 5th-7th c., KHM VI 681 |
St. Menas with donors and camels, marble, 5th-7th c. Egypt, KHM I 1144. For details see KHM. |
seal of Leontios with menorah, bronze? eastern Mediterranean 5th-7th c., BM MME 88,5-11,3 |
weights, 5th-7th c., NBM. For another view see Skopje. |