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LL/89829
Unidentified photographer
n.d.
[Early Byzantine spoons, ca. 650, found near Acheripoetos Monastery, Nicosia, Cyprus]

Colour photograph
British Museum
Museum number: 1899,0425.24
 
Spoon; silver; pear-shaped bowl, engraved on the under side with a symmetrical foliate design and ending in a vertical disc, from the upper edge of which issues a straight baluster handle; the bowl interior with a horse to left in relief.
 
Found/Acquired: Acheripoetos Monastery, monastery (near)(Europe,Cyprus,Nicosia (district),Kyrenia,Acheripoetos Monastery
 
LL/89829


 

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