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Historical Archive: Eagles through the ninth century and other birds of prey including possible eagles See also the eagle as symbol of Saint John. Falcons have their own page. gold head of bird of prey facing right, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM gold head of bird of prey with spirals, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM gold head of bird of prey facing left, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM bird of prey head, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM eagle head: Scythian feline, bronze with electrum sheath, c.5th c. BCE, DO BZ.1923.7. This work has its own page. eagle on Roman capital, Sant'Angelo, Perugia, which has its own page. undated Roman chalcedony eagle head on composite by Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page eagle scepter: Augustus agate cameo, soon aft. 20 BCE, on Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT. The cross has its own page. Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page. Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo in enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, CdM Chab. 4. For full work 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. eagle scepter: Diocletian as consul, bronze medallion, Rome c.294, SMBMünz 18200725 sword hilt fr. life-size figure, bronze, 4th c., SF 1952.44. For fuller view see SF. eagle-headed sword hilts: Tetrarchs, porphyry, c.305, San Marco, Venice. This work has its own page. eagle or dove in conch: Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page eagle mount, gold/garnet, c.450-500, Morgan 2012.2:53 buckle, silver gilt/garnet, c.450-early 6th c., KHM VIIa 188 buckle fr. Åker, c.450-600, OHM C4901, which has its own page with more birds of prey eagle head strap end, copper alloy/gilt/glass, c.450-700 Gothic or Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:58 eagle brooch, gold/garnet/glass/pearls/silver/gilt, late 5th-early 6th c., Ostrogothic, Morgan 2012.2:108 bird fibula w. mask, snake, bronze, 6th c., Lejre LEOPX58 S-fibula with bird heads, bronze? 6th c., Lejre 6150PX277 eagle brooch, 6th c.? Spain? Morgan eagle brooch, gold/garnet/cuttlebone, early 6th c., Morgan 2012.2:96 disk brooch, copper alloy, c.500-550, Morgan 2012.2:75 bird of prey brooch casing, gold/garnet, c.550-early 7th c., Morgan 2012.2:55 bird fibula (vulture?) from Castle Street Canterbury, late 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, CHM bird of prey head fr. Åker, shield plaque, bronze/gilt/garnet/white metal/iron, c.600? OHM C4903 bird fibula, bronze? 7th c., Lejre Sutton Hoo purse lid, gold/garnet/glass, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.2.a-l, which has its own page with another ?eagle bird of prey: Sutton Hoo Great Gold Buckle, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.1, which has its own page Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works with more eagles see Nagyszentmiklós. Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, ivory pyxis, Trier? late 8th/9th c., KHM X42. This work has its own page. bronze ring, 9th c., Hermitage K3-7787, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with oblique view Ellwangen casket, bronze, c.877-900, WLM. This object has its own page. Arnulf Ciborium, gold, c.890, Munich Residenz, Schatzkammer. This object has its own page.