A late-Bronze/early-Iron-age Jar, ancient Pottery. 1530 BC. BYZANTINE OIL LAMP

A late-Bronze/early-Iron-age Jar, ancient Pottery. 1530 BC. BYZANTINE OIL LAMPSize: height= 22, diameter= 6. 5, width= 12 cm. height= 22. 6, diameter= 2. 5, width= 4. 7 inch. While the Bronze Age is most characterized by crafting tools of bronze, one of the most significant crafts of the time was more sophisticated pottery. In the archaeological record, we actually use excavated pottery or broken pieces called sherds to identify some of the different cultures of the time. Let's look at three significant styles, the Abydos

GREEK ICON OF the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple DATED 1871

Size: Diameter= 2 cm

"Truly I tell you

is traditionally celebrated on 23 April

The Gospel text open to John 13:34 and rendered in champleve enamel

The setting is made from

5 inches x 14

High in the skies is a star which sends down a single shaft towards the baby Jesus

JOHN THE FORERUNNER (BAPTIST)

her Immaculate Conception

whereas serving bowls could sometimes be decorated and were then polished by burnishing

Height= 12