Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane

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Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane Download Full Size Image

This basket-shaped marble capital is decorated with a distinctive split-palmette. It dates to 524-527 CE and came from the Saraçhane excavations, Fatih, Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turley).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, May 25). Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8806/byzantine-capital-with-palmettes-from-sarachane/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane." World History Encyclopedia, May 25, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8806/byzantine-capital-with-palmettes-from-sarachane/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Byzantine Capital with Palmettes from Saraçhane." World History Encyclopedia, 25 May 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8806/byzantine-capital-with-palmettes-from-sarachane/.

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