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Date : near 500
Material : Ivory
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
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Objet(s) d'Art
Object of worship
Vitrine : V05
Area related
Méditerrannée orientale
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The Gospel of Luke (24 :1-10) describes a group of women, among them the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene, coming to the empty tomb of the risen Christ. Here, three women stand in the orant pose. The two martyrs, swinging censers, approach a domed building in which tied-back curtains reveal an altar. The early Church understood the altar to be a symbol of the Christ tomb. The Pyxis was carved in the eastern Mediterranean area.
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