The silver plate made in the second half of the 6th century A.D., may as well come from Egypt. The central gilded medallion is encircled by delicate acanthus leaves and carries a relief representation of the nymph Ino with her son Melikertes riding on a marine centaur to escape the wrath of the goddess Hera. Silver plates were made for the sophisticated Byzantine aristocracy up until the 7th century A.D. The subject matter was mainly derived from Greek mythology rendered in a style clearly influenced by a living tradition handed down from Hellenistic art. I nv. No 11446