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Photographs of Late Antique/Byzantine gold medallions from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, USA, 1950-1955

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/48

Scope and Contents

4 photographic prints of the following artefacts:
Belt Section with Medallions of Constantius II and Faustina, Byzantine, late 4th century (Late Antique), openwork gold with semiprecious stones, accession no. 57.527
Reverse of the central, large medallion of Constantius II, accession no. 57.527
Reverse of the smaller medallion of Faustina, accession no. 57.527
Part of a Necklace, Byzantine (Artist), ca. 582-602 (Late Antique), gold, lapis lazuli, and glass, accession no. 57.541

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-1955

Creator

Extent

5 item(s) : photographs, paper

Custodial History

Cambridge transfer, Box 17

Physical Description

4 gelatin silver monochrome photographic prints, 2 of which H. 17.5 cm x W. 12.5 cm, the other 2 H. 25.5 x W. 20.5 cm, stamped on the verso 'To be reproduced only by permisison Walters Art Gallery', annotated in pencil by unknown hands with the accession number and brief description of each object featured on the recto.
Cut down front of an envelope addressed in typescript to AJBW Alexandria, Egypt, the address label printed 'From the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore 1, Maryland' and franked in U.S.A. with an illegible date, H. 20.5 cm, xW. 65 cm

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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