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Two panels of an ivory diptych announcing the Consulship of Justinian

Two panels of an ivory diptych announcing the Consulship of Justinian





Artist : Anonymous


Date : 521

Material : Ivory
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 30 on 33
Objet(s) d'Art
Object

Vitrine : V02 (Ref. 2815)

Area related
Constantinople (Turkey)

Description   

Inscribed in Latin across the top :
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus, noble, office rand chef of the cavalry and commander-in-chief of the infantry and consul entering his office at the proper time.

In the center :
Theses gifts, slight indeed in value but rich in honors, I as consul offer to my senators.

Two panels of an ivory diptych announcing the Consulship of Justinian
Anonyme
Justinien Ier (Justinien le Grand)
Justinien Ier (Justinien le Grand)