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St Epiphanius, Monastery of St. John Lambadistis, AD 1659

Burial chambers from the necropolis of Anemurion (mod. Anamur), CIlicia, Roman/Late Roman

Gravestone of Poimenios with epigram indicating that he was at the service of the emperor and died young at his thirties; found Ortaköy, Kuruçeşme; today Archaeological Museum of Istanbul (inv. 2793 T), 5th/6th century

Marble reliquary of St Zacharias, Museum of Silifke, Seleukeia, 5th/6th century AD

Preserved in one piece from the top of the head to the neck and most of a joining socket for insertion. The face is clean-shaven and youthful. The hair, which fits the head like a cap is brushed forward onto the forehead and temples in thin, long…

Fragment of a pithos with Early Christian inscription, Episcopical Church of Kourion, Cyprus; Museum of Kourion; text: + Lord help him who made this and wrote [...]. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. Lord Jesus Christ"

Over-life size marble statue of a male notable on an inscribed base, East Stoa of the Gymnasium/Bath complex of ancient Salamis, Cyprus

Ayios Philon Early Christian Church, Cyprus, 5th century

Ayios Philon Early Christian Church, Cyprus, 5th century

Fragment of a Late Roman rescript, concerned with penalties and prohibition, Salamis (Cyprus), 5th/6th century AD

Inscribed slab with epigram referring to Olympius, son of Antiochus, and his repairs of the Baths of Salamis wit hthe addition of a garden, 5th century AD

Colossal female head with incised crosses on the forehead, mouth and eyes, from Xerokampi, Museum of Sparta, Greece

Pot with red flowers; detail of the panel depicting the Triumph of Dionysus from the mosaic floor of the so-called House of Aion, Nea Paphos; 325-360 A.D. An allusion to a spring/summer festival?

The so-called Parabiago plate; silver circular plate depicting Cybele and Attis in the company of cosmological and mythological figures (Corybantes, Aion, Sun, Phosophorus, Moon, Hesperus, Neptune, Thetis, Nymphs, erotes, Tellus). Found in an…

Cylindrical altar-like marble base with relief decoration of Dionysaic themes (drunken Dionysus, Satyrs, Maenads, Pan, panther); it sits on rectangular base whose corners have the shape of a lion's paws. Found in the city of Milos island (Cyclades);…

A.I. Dikigoropoulos, Cyprus Betwixt Greeks and Saracens A.D. 647-965, Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, Lincoln College, Oxford 1961, 411 p. (FULL TEXT)

The treasure (found in Kumluca, Turkey) consisted of church liturgical objects, such as an oil lamp, a censer, book covers, and other liturgical vessels. Some of the treasure items are now part of the Dumbarton Oak Museum Collection. The treasure…

Relief of Archangel Gabriel with Greek inscription; he holds a medallion with a text in Arabic script, Antalya Museum, 6th (?) century. Inv. A156.

Preserved in one piece from the top of the head to the neck and most of a joining socket for insertion. The face is clean-shaven and youthful. The hair, which fits the head like a cap is brushed forward onto the forehead and temples in thin, long…

Bronze portrait head of Gordian III (r. 238-44), found in Nicopolis ad Istrum; belonged to an over-life-size statue set up in the forum; damnatio memoriae; National Institute of Archaeology, Sofia.