Cyprus Medieval Museum: Reliquary Box (MM503, Met. 246)

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DC Field	Value
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-21T02:57:40Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-21T02:57:40Z
dc.date.end	599
dc.date.start	500
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/26060
dc.description	<p>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. <br>Provenance: Acheropoiitos</p>
dc.format.extent	Height: 10.1 cm; Length: 15.7 cm; Width: 7.3 cm
dc.format.medium	bronze (metal)
dc.language.iso	zxx
dc.rights.holder	Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus
dc.source	https://cmc.byzart.eu/items/show/56902/
dc.title	Cyprus Medieval Museum: Reliquary Box (MM503, Met. 246)
dc.type	image
dc.type.materialandtechnique	metalworking
dc.type.physical	reliquaries
dc.rights.license	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.relation.fond	OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus
dc.coverage.temporalperiod	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
dc.contributor.provider	AMSHistorica - University of Bologna
dc.contributor.intermediateprovider	BYZART Project
dc.contributor.dataprovider	Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus
dc.relation.place	Frourion Lemesou, Cyprus
dc.subject.iconclass	http://iconclass.org/11D12
dc.type.magbiblevel	m
dc.relation.project	BYZART Project
dc.type.coar	Resource Types::image::still image
item.treefondsroot	BYZART. Byzantine art and archaeology
item.openairetype	image
item.fulltext	With Fulltext
item.coartype	still image
item.cerifentitytype	Products
item.grantfulltext	open
item.openairecristype	http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_c513
Appears in Collections:	BYZART

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