Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua

900–1000

Date

900–1000

Culture or place

Byzantine

Medium

Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips)

Size

17.190.135a–c: a: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1/4 in. (6.3 x 9 x 0.6 cm); b: 1 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/16 in. (2.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 cm); c: 3 5/8 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9.2 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm) 17.190.136a–c: a: 2 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in. (6.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 cm); b: 3 9/16 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm); c: 1 x 3 1/2 x 1/16 in. (2.6 x 8.9 x 0.2 cm) 17.190.137a–c: a: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1/4 in. (6.3 x 9 x 0.6 cm); b: 1 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/16 in. (2.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 cm); c: 3 5/8 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9.2 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm)

Type

Bone

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed