This pair of remarkable earrings is made- by the example of gold crescent-shaped earrings, which have come down to us from the 8th – 7th centuries BC (Karmir Blour).
According to the ceremonial rite, each cross used in religious worship must be revered, blessed and anointed in five places: the centre and the four arms, i.e. the Eye, the Crown, the Stem, the Right Arm and the Left Arm. Usually a precious stone or a stone of little value, occasionally a relic, is placed in the Eye.
This souvenir is a replica of the khachkar (cross-stone) from the Saint Gregory-Bardzrakash monastic complex in Lori Province, dated to the 12th-13th centuries.
This ornamented dagger of bronze is made, reproducing the single cast dagger, dated from the 13th – 12th centuries BC and found at the excavations of Artik.