▁little ▁to ▁no ▁damage ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁that ▁time . ▁Though ▁religion ▁began ▁to ▁shift ▁following ▁the ▁change ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁Christian ▁artifact s ▁were ▁increasing ly ▁stored ▁away ▁from ▁public ▁view ing , ▁the ▁area ▁did ▁continue ▁to ▁benefit ▁from ▁relative ▁wealth ▁and ▁prosper ity , ▁creating ▁many ▁sec ular ▁works . ▁The ▁real ▁halt ▁to ▁production ▁of ▁silver ▁tre asures ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁followed ▁a ▁pl ague ▁throughout ▁the ▁area ▁from ▁ 5 4 2 ▁to ▁ 5 4 4 . ▁ ▁This ▁had ▁a ▁last ing ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁economic ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁evidence ▁that ▁this ▁accum ulation ▁of ▁local ▁wealth ▁in ▁silver ▁objects ▁was ▁common ▁throughout ▁the ▁area ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁control ▁and ▁the ▁sixth ▁century ▁pl ague . ▁ ▁Similar ▁tre asures ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁at ▁St uma , ▁Ri ha , ▁H ama , ▁and ▁Ant io ch ▁to ▁name ▁a ▁few . ▁ ▁The ▁objects ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁K aper ▁K ora on ▁tre asure ▁were ▁not ▁originally ▁pr estig ious ▁shr ine ▁g ifts ▁but ▁were ▁likely ▁relatively ▁cheap ▁im itations ▁made ▁specifically ▁for ▁a ▁village ▁church . ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁clearly ▁seen ▁from ▁recent ▁investig ations ▁into ▁the ▁pieces ▁which ▁have ▁shown ▁high ▁quantities ▁of ▁co pper ▁and ▁other ▁met als ▁m elt ed ▁in ▁with ▁the ▁silver ▁to ▁increase ▁m alle ability ▁and ▁decrease ▁production ▁costs . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁these ▁items ▁were ▁the ▁collect ive ▁don ations ▁from ▁five