id:			160981
accession number:	1999.237
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.237
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:39.685000

Phylactery (Reliquary Penant), c. 500–700. Byzantium, Egypt or Syria, early Byzantine period, 6th-8th centuries. Copper alloy; diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman 1999.237

title:				Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
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creation date:			c. 500–700
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		700
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
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culture:	Byzantium, Egypt or Syria, early Byzantine period, 6th-8th centuries
technique:	copper alloy
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4305

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