Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 69
figure. Late ^th century. L. 3-82 in. Given by C. J. Pocock, Esq., 1849. From the Tombs of the Prophets, Jerusalem. Cf. the more elaborate gold fibula from Apahida, now at Klausenburg, and the gold fibulafound on the Palatine, now in the Museo delle Terme, Rome, see Riegl, Die… … a nude male figure in reliefstanding full face, withcrossed legs and leaning ona staff held in his /. hand.To /. is a tree, and in ther. hand lower corner a dog.The plate is enclosed in apearled border, and at theback are two studs for at-tachment to a belt.Sec figure. L. 27 in. Given by C.…
Art objects · Christian antiquities
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