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Source Description
This dish is dated by the silver hallmarks (stamps) on its back to the early years of the reign of Heraclius, Byzantine emperor in AD 610-41. The center of the dish is decorated with a vine border and bears the monogram of the owner, Theodore. Two other dishes from the same set are in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 52.25.2 and Washington DC, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, inv. BZ.1960.60.
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Document identity
localId
21703
label
Dish
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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21703
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dish
description
This dish is dated by the silver hallmarks (stamps) on its back to the early years of the reign of Heraclius, Byzantine emperor in AD 610-41. The center of the dish is decorated with a vine border and bears the monogram of the owner, Theodore. Two other dishes from the same set are in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 52.25.2 and Washington DC, Dumbarton Oaks Museum, inv. BZ.1960.60.
provenance
[Found at Kyrenia (?), Cyprus]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
610-613 (Late Antique)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
dishes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.2
height
25.5
dimensionsRaw
1 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (3.2 x 25.5 cm) (h. x diam.)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
inscriptions
[Translation] [Plate] of THEODORE A(?); [Stamp] Five stamps within the footring
reign
Heraclius (AD 610-641)
med
silver, niello
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
ROM
BYZ
exhibition_ids
358
2699
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1
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0
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photo
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