BRONZE VOTIVE OBJECTS OF “A HAND WITH A CROSS” TYPE: AN ITEM FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARCHIMANDRITE ANTONIN (KAPUSTIN)
Journal: Rossiiskaia arkheologiia
Year: 2023

The article introduces a votive bronze hand with a cross from the collection of Archimandrite Antonin Kapustin, as well as a small catalog of similar items known to the author, which are kept in various museums and private collections. The study of the collection presented in the paper makes it possible to support the assumptions made by the researchers earlier: first, the objects in question were votive offerings to the temple; this is indicated by bracelets and rings on some of them, as well a