Amulet of a Cross

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture

Byzantine

Title

Amulet of a Cross

Place

Egypt (Object made in)

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301 CE–600 CE

Medium

Glass

Dimensions

2 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson

Reference Number

1894.877

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