Reliquary (covered box)
Late 6th–7th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueMarble
Scientific Analysis:
Marble has been scientifically tested with X-Ray Diffraction and determined to be Calcitic.
Harvard Lab No. HI218: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.35 / delta18O -1.78, Attribution - Paros 2, Prokonnesos, Thasos-Cape Phaneri & Thasos-Aliki, Usak, Denizli 1, Iasos, Mylasa, Justification - Coarse-grained marble.
DimensionsHeight x length: 17.5 x 14.2 cm (6 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund, No. 2
Accession number64.703a-b
On View
On viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1963: with George Zacos, 65 Engelgasse, Basel, Switzerland (said to come from Istanbul); purchased by MFA from George Zacos, May 13, 1964
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
5th century
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
First half of the 6th century CE
about A.D. 200
about A.D. 120
second half of 2nd century A.D.
A.D. 120–140
about 150 B.C. or later