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Medusa head, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey
Tusk Fragment with the Ascension
Elephant ivory; Byzantine, c. 720-970 CE (radiocarbon date); Egyptian or Palestinian
Hanging lamp in the form of a fish
A smaller fish emerges from the mouth of the large fish with a hole for the wick. This lamp uses Christian symbolism of the fish as a representation of Christ, as well as the Chi Rho (ΧΡ) in the middle of the fish's back. L. 26cm; W. 8cm In the collection of the Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens, Greece), accession no. BXM 00012
Inscribed marble screen closure slab with relief composite crosses and verse referring to the renovation of the church screen by the Athenian Sporgites family, c. late 11th-early 12th century CE
currently in the collection of the Byzantine Museum (Athens, Greece)
Capital with Two Registers of Decoration (c. 6th century CE)
Egypt (possibly Bawit), limestone
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1909
Frog-shaped Amulet (c. 4th century CE)
Egypt, bronze
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1999
Plate With Fishes (7th Century CE)
Egypt, clay ceramic
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1902
Relief with Seven-Branched Candelabrum (Menorah) (c. 3rd/4th century CE)
marble, Priene (Asia Minor; modern Turkey)
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1904
Mosaic Icon with Christ the Merciful (c. 1150)
glass, stone, and wood
Bode-Musem, Berlin (Germany), aquired in 1904
Apse Mosaic (and details), 545 CE
Ravenna (Italy), colored smalt and stone; depicting Christ the Victor, Archangel Michael, and Archangel Gabriel in the apse, enthroned Christ, archangels, and trumpting angels on the bulkhead
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Germany), acquired in 1903