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Posted: 14 Apr 2008

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Byzantine Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2008

Byzantine Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2008
Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus
Byzantine
Carved 500s

Inscribed in Greek: "In fulfillment of a vow of John the Bishop"

Accession # 2002.483.3a, b

The gabled stone sarcophagi used for Christian burial were the model for miniature copies used throughout the Byzantine Empire as containers for relics. They usually held remains of saints, which were thought to be capable of working miracles.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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