Image: Dish with biblical scenes, Church of the East, line drawing

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Description: Paten with biblical scenes. 9th–10th c., Semirech'e (modern-day Eastern Kazakhstan), probably from Nestorian milieu. Silver, gilding. Diameter 23 cm. Found 1897 village Grigorovskoe, Solikamskii, Perm province; acquired 1899. In the medallions, counterclockwise from bottom left: women at the empty tomb, the crucifixion, and the Ascension (Virgin Mary is not depicted in the Ascension). In the triangular spaces, clockwise from upper left: Roman soldiers sleeping at the sepulchre, St. Peter denying Jesus with the rooster, and the prophet Daniel in the lions' den. All the scenes are labelled in Syriac inscriptions. "Studies on Nestorian Iconology in China and part of Central Asia during the 13th and 14th Centuries" (pp. 69–70) Color photograph
Title: Dish with biblical scenes, Church of the East, line drawing
Credit: https://geoexplorersclub.com/en/zabytye-hristianskie-motivy-tyan-shanya/
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