Secular life
Description
Exhibition Space Text DescriptionDuring the early Byzantine period, public and private life retained their defining characteristics more or less unchanged from Greco-Roman times. Many ancient cities continued to exist and even new urban centers came into being. Nonetheless, the greatest part of the population lived in the countryside and the empire’s economy continued to be supported by agricultural production.
Industry and commerce were still the basic modes of activity, and the form and organization of households remained true to earlier practice. The spread of Christianity did, though, instigate serious changes in everyday life. The new religion left its impression both on luxury products of high artistic value such as jewelry, and on the cheapest and commonest objects such as ceramic utensils and metal objects.
Exhibits
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Steelyard counterweight (Stathmion)
Steelyard counterweight (Stathmion)
Minor Arts Steelyard counterweight in the shape of the bust of an empress. The shell is of cast copper and the core is filled with lead.... -
Storage Jar
Ceramics Clay spherical storage jar with a rounded bottom. Around the shoulder are six cross-stamps with symbolical letters . Found in... -
Golden earrings (enotia)
Minor Arts Each earring consists of a perforated six-fold rosette with a ruby in the centre. On the lower edge of the rosettes are hangi... -
Metal lamp with lamp-stand
Minor Arts Lamp, copper alloy. It has an almond-shape body with a strongly projecting nozzle, bell-shaped lid and a horse-shaped handle.... -
Round marble table
Sculpture Round marble table with a broad, slightly raised edge decorated with relief groups of animals chasing each other, with busts ...
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