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Marble lintel, dimensions: length: 195 cm, height: 34,5 cm, thickness: 24 cm.
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Lintel, Thisseion Collection
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: End of the 10th century
Description:
Marble lintel ornated with an unusual floriated cross between two lions holding the tree of life. The representation is on an enhanced relief and is located mainly on lintels of the middle-byzantine period. It comes from Athens, and it was formerly part of the Thisseion Collection. It is dated to the end of the tenth century A.D.
Date: End of the 10th century
Description:
Marble lintel ornated with an unusual floriated cross between two lions holding the tree of life. The representation is on an enhanced relief and is located mainly on lintels of the middle-byzantine period. It comes from Athens, and it was formerly part of the Thisseion Collection. It is dated to the end of the tenth century A.D.