title: Reliquary Cross with Niello from the Upper Dzulat Hillfort in North Ossetia
abstract: The present paper deals with the results of the study of manufacturing technique and metal chemical composition carried out for encolpia nielloed cross dated to the end of the 12th – early 13th from the North Caucasus. Analytical results were obtained with a scanning electron microscope equipped with micro ED-XRF in low-vacuum conditions. An eightpointed cross filled with niello was depicted on the survive valve of encolpia. The Christ letter monograms encrusted with niello were made on the cros
journal: Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)