Byzantine reliefs in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Turkey

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20131205 Istanbul 125.jpg
By: Mark Ahsmann
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20131205 Istanbul 129.jpg
By: Mark Ahsmann
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Aziz Samson.jpg
By: Cobija
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Coppia di mensole, con decorazione fitoforme, primo periodo bizantino, da sultanahmet, istanbul, 01.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Coppia di mensole, con decorazione fitoforme, primo periodo bizantino, da sultanahmet, istanbul, 02.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Forum Theodosius Istanbul March 2008 (18) detail.JPG
By: Gryffindor
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Hagios Georgios Monastery fragments Istanbul (2).JPG
By: Gryffindor
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Hagios Georgios Monastery fragments Istanbul.JPG
By: Gryffindor
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Amulet with depictions of an angel and the Virgin Mary (probably), 5th-6th century 9083.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Arch decorated with busts of apostles, marble. From the Fenari Isa Mosque, end 13th – first half 14th century AD. Inv 4570 T 0786.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Arch decorated with busts of apostles, marble. From the Fenari Isa Mosque, end 13th – first half 14th century AD. Inv 4570 T 0788.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Arch decorated with busts of apostles, marble. From the Fenari Isa Mosque, end 13th – first half 14th century AD. Inv 4570 T 0789.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Arch decorated with busts of apostles, marble. From the Fenari Isa Mosque, end 13th – first half 14th century AD. Inv 4570 T 7597.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Architrave fragment with Saint’s bust. From Pammakaristos church ( Fethiye mosque) excavation, early 14th century AD. Inv. 71.148 T 0687.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Baluster, marble, Nikomedia, bottom part, 2nd half 5th, early 6th century AD 7250.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Baluster, marble, Nikomedia, top part, 2nd half 5th, early 6th century AD 7249.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Architrave of a templon. 11-12th century AD 8977.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Architrave of a templon. 11-12th century AD 8978.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Fringe of a well, 12-13th century AD 8947.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Gargoyle with lion head 8968.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Gargoyle with lion’s head, 11-13th century AD 8954.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Mould for earrings, 12-13th century AD 8965.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Part of a parapet. 11-12th century AD 8948.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Part of a slab 8970.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Part of an arch , Mid-Byzantine, 12-13th century AD 8946.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Perforated square slab, 11-12th century AD 8985.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Rectangular slab, 11-12th century AD 8951.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Rectangular slab, 12-13th century AD 8952.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Rectangular slab, 12th century AD 8957.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Relief (probably St. George) 12-13th century AD 8969.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Byzantine exhibition 2007 Side panel of an ambo, 11-12th century AD 8980.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Detail of an ambo, from Aydın, 5th-6th century AD 1831.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragment of Sarcophagus of Constantine the Great, porphyry, 4th century AD. Uncertain attribution 1501.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragment of Sarcophagus of Constantine the Great, porphyry, 4th century AD. Uncertain attribution 9840.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragment with the three Hebrew youngsters that were thrown into a furnace and survived, limestone, Çapa, Istanbul. 4th-5th century AD 7256.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragments of a table with biblical scenes, from Laodikeia, Denizli province, 4th century AD 2609.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragments of a table with biblical scenes, from Laodikeia, Denizli province, 4th century AD 2610.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Fragments of a table with biblical scenes, from Laodikeia, Denizli province, 4th century AD 2612.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Front face fragment of sarcophagus, Limestone, second half of 4th-early 5th century AD Inv. 8780 T 0681.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Front face fragment of sarcophagus, Limestone, second half of 4th-early 5th century AD Inv. 9053 T 0683.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Icon fragment of St. Euphemia, marble, from the Euphemia martyrion excavations in 1942. 13th – 14th century Inv. 91.18 T 0729.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Icon with a relief of the virgin Mary at prayer, from Haghios Georgios Monastery excavations, Gülhane by French occupation forces, 11th century 7267.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Inscription concerning repair of sea walls, undertaken by Serbian King George Brankovic. Marble. From Yenikapı, 1448, time of Emperor Constantine XI. Inv. 1647 T 0752.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Inscription with coat of arms, dated 1387, formerly on west wall of Galata Tower, with coats of arms of Genua and Podesta d’Auria 9052.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum Landwall inscription, marble, Edirnekapı, Late Byzantine period, inv. 1650 T 0756.jpg
By: Dosseman
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Istanbul, galata, chiesa dei ss. pietro e paolo, cortile d'accesso, frammenti di epoca bizantina, coppia di coniugi, sa un sarcofago o una stele.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Istanbul, galata, chiesa dei ss. pietro e paolo, cortile d'accesso, frammenti di epoca bizantina, croce con iscrizione in greco.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Istanbul, galata, chiesa dei ss. pietro e paolo, cortile d'accesso, frammenti di epoca bizantina, iscrizione funebre in greco.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Istanbul, galata, chiesa dei ss. pietro e paolo, cortile d'accesso, frammenti di epoca bizantina, rilievo da sarcofago con coniugi.jpg
By: Francesco Bini
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Album 1: Byzantine reliefs in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Turkey \| 86 photos
Album 2: Ezra's Tomb in Al-Uzair, Iraq \| 13 photos
Album 3: Abbasid Palace, Baghdad, Iraq \| 17 photos
Album 4: Tom \| 17 photos

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