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Kohl Container3357/6

Small kohl container composed of two round containers with pointed ends, attached at their long edge. Each container has a flat flower-shaped stopper with a small hole at centre. The opposite end tapers to a capped point. Between the two tubes is a small flattened loop with a chain attached; on the other end of the chain is a dabber, capped similarily to the containers, with a square shaft etched with zigzags that transition to a smooth cylindrical end. The container is decorated with dots and thin strips of twisted metal.

Culture
Palestinian ?
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Asia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breastplate3357/4

Diamond-shaped breastplate painted with gold. Cross-shaped metalwork at centre, with five inset polished oval reddish-brown carnelian(?) stones, one at each end of the cross and one at the centre. Around the cross is a diamond-shaped band composed of small plaited chains of metal, then a row of small inset polished circular reddish-brown stones, and then a band around the outer edge of two plaited chains with a snaking line between. At the top is a small hooked attachment. Top edges decorated with attached triangular clover-shaped metal pieces. Bottom edge has a fringe of chains with diamond-shaped ornaments at the end. There are eight tassels, one on each side with two more hanging from long plaited fibres, and two more near the bottom edge. Each tassel composed of a metal cap, from which diamond ornaments hang from S-hooks around the edge, and dark green, dark pink, or dark eggplant purple fibre hangs from underneath with small white beads at the end.

Culture
Palestinian ?
Material
silver alloy metal, wool fibre, carnelian mineral ?, glass ? and gold metal
Made in
Asia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3357/5

Choker-style necklace composed of a band of chain mail with pentagonal metal ends, each with a small attached loop and a small looped wire through it. The chain mail is covered by small strips of metal wrapped around the chain mail. Attached to the lower edge is a string of small bells, with one larger chain and bell at one end and a small hide tie at the other end.

Culture
Palestinian ?
Material
iron metal ?, silver alloy metal ? and rawhide skin
Made in
Asia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear Point16/1259 B
Coin3206/5

Reproduction of a Roman coin of Servius Sulpicius Galba (68-69). Obverse: bust of Galba, facing right; he wears a laurel crown; to left and right, inscription says 'IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR POT'. Reverse: Galba and the Praetorian Prefect stand on low platform to left, addressing troops to right; troops carry spears and standards; to left, 'S'; to right, 'C'; beneath, 'ADLOCVT'.

Culture
Bulgarian ?
Material
gold alloy metal
Made in
Bulgaria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament3177/18

Small metal ornament. Bottle shaped ornament is made of a thin piece of hammered silver, oxidized to a dark grey colour, bent in half and shaped identically on both sides. Body of object is round and somewhat bulbous, convex on both front and back, with a long, narrow neck the top of which is the join between the two sides.

Culture
Andes
Material
sliver alloy metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin3095/1633

Byzantine coin made of electrum, of Andronicus II, 1282-1328. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she raises her hands on either side of her in prayer; she is surrounded by three groups of towers and city walls; to left, inscription says ‘CK’; to right, ‘ΠN’. Reverse: three figures; to left, Andronicus II, kneeling; to right, Michael IX, his son and co-emperor, kneeling; in the middle, Christ, standing and facing front, crowning both emperors; Andronicus II and Michael IX each wear a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Christ has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left of nimbus cruciger, it says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave and is made of electrum.

Culture
Byzantine
Material
gold alloy metal
Made in
Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin3095/1496

Byzantine coin of John II of Trebizond, 1280-1297. Obverse: Saint Eugene, standing and facing front; he wears a long cloak; to left, he holds a long staff; to left, inscription begins with an ‘A’ inside of an ‘O’, and then says ‘EV’; to right, it says ‘ΓE’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front; to left, he holds a sceptre; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscriptions are illegible; to right, it says ‘NOC’ with a star beneath.

Culture
Byzantine
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin3095/1447

Byzantine coin made of electrum, of Michael VII, 1071-1078. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he wears a colobium, which is a religious tunic, and a pallium, which is a type of woolen cloak; he raises his right hand in benediction; in his left hand, he holds the Book of Gospels, which is decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Michael VII, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘MIXAHΛ’; to right, ‘RACIE’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Culture
Byzantine
Material
gold alloy metal
Made in
Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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