A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons elongated ears

elongated ears

associated with Osiris

assembled in the 1970s - 2000s

Small vials such as this became common household objects

A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons elongated earsAn exquisite Byzantine pendant of high karat gold, meticulously fashioned as a six pointed star. The front is ornamented with a raised domed boss encircled by delicate twisted wire filigree. Each arm of the star is further decorated with a single twisted wire circle, the precision of the work underscoring the technical mastery of the Byzantine goldsmith. The reverse is plain and lightly convex, the pendant formed of thin hammered sheet gold and