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Source Description
Elaborately carved from a section of an elephant’s tusk, this ivory pyx (Greek for "box") depicts a number of New Testament scenes, namely the Annunciation, Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, Christ raising Lazarus, and Christ healing the blind man. It also depicts a Christian altar with chalices, possibly indicating the box’s use in a liturgical context.
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Document identity
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128101
label
Ivory Pyx (Box)
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object
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Source metadata
id
128101
contentType
object
title
Ivory Pyx (Box)
description
Elaborately carved from a section of an elephant’s tusk, this ivory pyx (Greek for "box") depicts a number of New Testament scenes, namely the Annunciation, Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, Christ raising Lazarus, and Christ healing the blind man. It also depicts a Christian altar with chalices, possibly indicating the box’s use in a liturgical context.
date
500s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753434
genreSpecific
Ivory
imageCount
1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Overall: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
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Byzantium
accession
1951.114
Source extras
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ivory
tombstone
Ivory Pyx (Box), 500s. Byzantium. Ivory; diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.); overall: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.114
collection
MED - Byzantine
citations
citation
Milliken, William M. “A Byzantine Ivory of the Early Christian Period.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 38, no. 10 (December 1951): 227–229.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 227-229; Reproduced: Cover
citation
Milliken, William M. “The Completed Ivory Pyxis.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 39, no. 4 (April 1952): 63–64.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 63-64; Reproduced: Cover
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 64
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 37
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 37
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 38
citation
Kateusz, Ally. "Women at the Altar of Jesus's Tomb in the Anastasis." <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal </em>59 (2024): 8-25.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 14, 15, 16; Reproduced: p. 14, fig. 8
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:36:53.655000
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128101
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Byzantine
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ivory
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photo
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