KM162 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze pendant cross) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Pendant
Comparanda
cf. FischerOenbrink2010, p. 222, no. B33, fig. 23 (Al-Qurayya in the Hauran, Early Byzantine)
Comparanda
cf. Kazanski2003, p. 27, no. 223, pl. 19 (St. Symeon Stylites [Qal’at Sem’an], Syria, Early Byzantine)
Description
Bronze pendant cross. Small, unadorned cross with arms of almost equal length, circular to oval in section. Upper arm has small, circular suspension loop.
Preservation comment
Intact. Traces of bronze disease.
Published as
Panelas2022, pp. 1084-1085, 1086, no. 693, fig. 22.3
Height
0.024
Thickness
0.004
Width
0.015
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation
“KM162 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze pendant cross).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/km162>