Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with a Cross in a Wreath
Unknown Artist
5th–6th century
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
3/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in., 0.9oz. (0.5 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm, 26g)
Classification
Metalwork-Copper alloy
Culture
Byzantine
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Christopher C. Grisanti and Suzanne P. Fawbush, and Alastair B. Martin Gifts, 2002
Accession Number
2002.213.7
Tags
WreathsCross