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Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
c. 500–700
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Made in the 500s, this Byzantine phylactery, or personal reliquary, was meant to be worn around the neck on a chain. It is fashioned of bronze and still contains its original linen-wrapped relic.
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- Title: Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
- Date Created: c. 500–700
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.237
- Medium: copper alloy
- Fun Fact: This was gifted to the museum in memory of Robert P. Bergman, former director of the museum and medievalist.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Byzantium, Egypt or Syria, early Byzantine period, 6th-8th centuries
- Credit Line: Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
- Collection: MED - Byzantine
- Accession Number: 1999.237
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