censer
- Museum number
- 1923,0512.378
- Description
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Censer; cast bronze; hexagonal, with three feet at the bottom, three crosses projecting in the upper corners above them, and three loops in the remaining three upper corners; a chain attached to each of the loops; the three chains joined above by a ring for hanging.
- Production date
- 6thC-7thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 37 millimetres (ring)
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Height: 117 millimetres (body, max)
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Length: 295 millimetres (chain)
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Width: 103 millimetres (body, max)
- Curator's comments
- Parallels: O. Wulff, Altchristliche und mittelalterliche byzantinische und italienische Bildwerke (Berlin 1909) cat. 983, 985-986.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1923
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1923,0512.378
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 57303 (Egyptian Big Number)