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Cyprus Medieval Museum: Reliquary Box (MM503, Met. 246)
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Rectangular. Shape of a Sarcophagus. Each of the two long sides is decorated in relief with three crosses inscribed in three circles. On one of the short sides there is the same decoration. On the other short side is the door for opening the reliquary with a hey hole. There is a perforation on the top roof of this short side. The roof is divided into four compartments by three relief bands. On the four compartments there are four dotted crosses. The base is also divided into four compartments by a cross in relief. Inside the case 33 bronze coins and two bronze pieces were discovered, all conserved. They were discovered, when the case was opened to be sent to the Louvre in 2012.
Provenance: Acheropoiitos
Department of Antiquities
Title: Cyprus Medieval Museum: Reliquary Box (MM503, Met. 246)
Description:
Rectangular.
Shape of a Sarcophagus.
Each of the two long sides is decorated in relief with three crosses inscribed in three circles.
On one of the short sides there is the same decoration.
On the other short side is the door for opening the reliquary with a hey hole.
There is a perforation on the top roof of this short side.
The roof is divided into four compartments by three relief bands.
On the four compartments there are four dotted crosses.
The base is also divided into four compartments by a cross in relief.
Inside the case 33 bronze coins and two bronze pieces were discovered, all conserved.
They were discovered, when the case was opened to be sent to the Louvre in 2012.
Provenance: Acheropoiitos.
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