Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/24114
Authors: Roman workshop  
Title: Londra (Gran Bretagna): British Museum: capsella di Projecta
Start date: 380
End date: 380
Historical Period: Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description: 

Two panels of the Projecta casket with a truncated rectangular pyramid shape. The name derives from the woman's name in the Latin inscription engraved on the rim across the front of the lid: “secvnde et proiecta vivatis in christo”. On the two panels a procession with Projecta entering a domed bath in the company of her attendants and a toliette scene with a a lady flanked by handmaids bringing her articles of toliette, nereids and peacocks.

Chronological details: ca. 380

Place: British Museum, United Kingdom  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: silver (metal)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: UNIBO Bovini Archive  
Physical type: caskets (personal gear)
Material and technique: metalworking
gilding (technique)
Data provider: University of Bologna  
License: 
Rights holder: British Museum  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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