Description
Made in the 500s, this Byzantine phylactery, or personal reliquary, was meant to be worn around the neck on a chain. It is fashioned of bronze and still contains its original linen-wrapped relic.
Provenance
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Accession Number
1999.237
Medium
copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Metalwork
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
