Cross Pendant
300–700 CE
bronze
CN 270, Our Lady Monastery, Room K, grave, Beth Shean
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (31-50-258A)
At just 3 cm in height, and 2 cm in width, this small bronze cross served as a pendant, made apparent by its suspension loophole at the top. The front features a pattern consisting of 5 circles with a single dot in the middle, a common apotropaic design found in Byzantium, meant to protect its wearer. This cross was found alongside a slightly larger cross of the same design. The eight pointed cross featured is specifically a Greek cross.
—Virginia Edwards