Amulet

Christian amulet (?) Oval, green heliotrope (bloodstone) intaglio with bevelled edges, depicting a mythical beast with the head of a donkey, body and wings of a bird, and four (?) legs; surrounded by potent and simple crosses and, upper left, three Greek letters ΛΡΗ or ΛΡΙ +.

Kind

artefact

Date

400–699 CE