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Historical Archive: Scepters and similar rods through the mid-thirteenth century scepter? Stele of Naram-Sin, pink limestone, 2254-2218 BCE, Louvre. For other views see Louvre. scepter? Code of Hammurabi, basalt, 1792-1750 BCE, Louvre, Near Eastern Antiquities, Sb 8. This work has its own page. Augustus agate cameo, soon aft. 20 BCE, on Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT. The cross has its own page. Anubis, from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840. For other views see Vatican. Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo in enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, CdM Chab. 4. For a detail see CdM. Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, agate cameo 41-54 CE; frame Italy, late 16th c.:gold, pearls, enamel. AIC 1991.375. For profile see AIC. Diocletian as consul, bronze medallion, Rome c.294, SMBMünz 18200725 Julian the Apostate gold solidus, 361-363, DO Valentinian I, gold 2 solidi, Trier 367-75, reverse: Rome and Constantinople, SMBMünz 18200865 Concordia: solidus of Honorius, gold, 384-423, DO. For obverse see DO. Rome, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 37, which has its own page with companion panel Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page with another rod Theophilus follis, obverse, Constantinople 829-42, NBM scepters? Alfred Jewel, gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean Psalm 109: seal matrix of Godwin, walrus ivory, early 11th c., BM 1881,0404.1. For full object see BM. Archangel Raphael: Basel antependium, gold and gems on wood, early 11th c., Cluny Cl. 2350. This work has its own page with a sceptered Michael. gold altar frontal, early 11th c., Aachen cathedral. The altar and cathedral have their own pages with reed scepter in Mocking. Christ before Pilate, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views. seal of Emperor Henry III, 10 Oct. 1039, Archiv Uk. 10 in NaumburgCT, which has its own page with more parchment Zoe: plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page with several rods. Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page engaged capital with enthroned king, limestone, c.1125, MAHSD. For contiguous face see Saint Denis Museum. Annunciation: Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. Nero: Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page. Gunhild cross, walrus ivory, c.1150-75, NMD 9087, which has its own page Herod: Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. gold bulla of Frederick Barbarossa, obverse, 1154-55, SMBMünz 18225152 Queen Fredegunda (d.586) from Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1160s, stone fragments and copper strips, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page. silver bracteate of Frederick Barbarossa, Altenburg c.1170, SMBMünz 18201196 St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175. For oblique view see Hermitage. St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page with more scepters Virgin and Child w. flowering rod: St Albans cathedral pier painting c.1190-1220, poss. Walter of Colchester; St Albans has its own pages. upper architrave angels, early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page with more scepters, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Chartres cathedral, choir axial clerestory window 1210-25. For another scepter here and more views see Chartres. Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For many scepters here and more views see Chartres. John the Baptist reproaches Herod and Herodias, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages including Virtues with scepters.