| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 4758 | |
| Title: | BRONZE CROSS | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 4758 | |
| Description: | Engraved decoration on the outside of both parts, as follows. On one side: a saint standing, orans, wearing a long embroidered gown and jacket. On each shoulder is a cross. Her hands extend into the arms of the cross and below each hand is a conentionalized plant. Above her head the following inscription: ΥΑΓΗΑΠΑ | ΡΑCΚΕΥΗ= Η αγία Παρασκευή (Aghia Paraskeue). On the other side five busts: in the center Christ (?) wearing a rayed halo. Around it inscribed: (+), (+), H, O. Above, the bust of a haloed personage with wings, and inscribed at the top: ΒΑCHΛΗΟ= Βασίλειο(ς) (Basileios). In the left arm of the cross, a similar bust with the letters ΟΑΓ inscribed above and to the left. In the right arm of the cross a similar bust and the letter C. Below, similar bust with the letters A and H to left and right. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.082 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB150 P166 | |
| Findspot Description: | St. John's | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 2058 2058 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's Basket: NB150 P166 Notebook Page: NB 150, spread 87 (pp. 165 - 166) |
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