Name: Bowl with hunting scene (symbol of Mértola’s Archaeological Site)

Name: Impost

Description: The three decorated sides of the impost have a frieze of lozenges with knobs on the centre, formed by two small circles. Ivy leaves fill the remaining space.
Chronology: 7th-8th centuries
Material: Medium grained white marble
Dimensions: Height: 17cm; max. width: 40cm, min. width: 36cm.
Provenance: Church of Mértola
Location: Museum of Mértola / Castle of Mértola Museum Hub

Name: Adornment from small chest

Name: Small jug

Name: Gravestone of Abu Bakr Yaḥyã ‘Abd Allâh Ibn al - Huwãrī

Name: St. John the Baptist

Name: Single gold earring

Provenance: Grave No. 163 (next to the third vertebra) – Paleo-christian basilica
Location: Museum of Mértola. Paleo-christian basilica
Description: A single gold earring with thin overlapping extremities, increasingly thick towards the centre, and with a circular cross section. The fastening mechanism consists of joining both extremities.
Dimensions: Diameter: 11mm, thickness 2mm
Chronology: 6th-7th centuries

Name: Jar with plant-form motifs in full “dry string” technique

Name: Pottery skillet

Name: Bronze buckle

Provenance: Paleo-christian basilica
Location: Museum of Mértola. Paleo-christian basilica
Description: A bronze buckle with a hard, lyre-shaped plate. It is incomplete, lacking the frame and prong. An animal-form motif fills the central part, which is lined by small grooves carved with a file.
Dimensions: Length 4.2 cm, width 2.1 cm; thickness 0.9 cm
Chronology: 7th century