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Title: Cyprus Medieval Museum: Reliquary Box (MM503, Met. 246)
Start date: 500
End date: 599
Historical Period: Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
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

Size: Height: 10.1 cm; Length: 15.7 cm; Width: 7.3 cm
Place: Frourion Lemesou, Cyprus  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: bronze (metal)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus  
Physical type: reliquaries
Material and technique: metalworking
Data provider: Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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