Cross form

East Syriac cross

Also: Church of the East cross · Nestorian cross (older name)

Form

An equal-armed cross. The Atlas drawing shows a cross with pearl-like ends on a lotus base, following production batch 1.

When it is documented

A cross is carved at the top of the Xi’an Stele, erected on 4 February 781 in or near Chang’an.

Context

The stele records the Church of the East in Tang China and is kept in the Beilin Museum (Forest of Steles), Xi’an.

Links in the Atlas

Historically associated with Assyrian Church of the East (Tradition)
A historically associated form; not an official emblem.

Sources and how they were checked

Erected 4 February 781; cross at the top; kept in the Beilin Museum.
Wikipedia, “Xi’an Stele” · checked 2026-10-21 (tertiary reference)
The stele as the model for the drawing.
Production batch 1 manifest, sym-cross-east-syriac-blue · batch-1

Not yet known or sourced

The lotus and clouds beneath the stele’s cross, shown in the Atlas drawing, are not described in the source checked here; they need a direct source.