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
late 3rd to 4th century A.D.
5th century
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
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
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.