Asyut Treasure

Asyut Treasure
Aysut Treasure body chain
MaterialGold and precious stones
Created3rd – late 6th Centuries AD
Period/cultureByzantine
Present locationBritish Museum, London

Metropolitan Museum, New York

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin

The Asyut Treasure is the name of an important Byzantine hoard of jewellery found near the city of Asyut, central Egypt. Discovered in mysterious circumstances in the early twentieth century, the treasure is now divided between the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Kunstgewerbemuseun website Archived November 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ British Museum Collection
  3. ^ Metropolitan Museum Collection