Solar cross on embossed sheets, during the Byzantine period

Turkish Museums, Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey

During the Byzantine Period, embossed sheets were engraved with solar crosses. One design is a solar cross that has two holes and a mouth at the bottom.

It is located at Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey.


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Solar cross on embossed sheets, during the Byzantine period. There are two holes on the cross and also a mouth at the bottom.
Taken on  Sunday 06th of October 2013
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: u1030SW,S1030SW
Genre:  Byzantine Period
Source:  Izmir, Turkey

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