 IAA Number: 2015-1323
 | Object's Name: Reliquary (lid missing) Carved, Engraved, Birds, Cross, Painted, With Vegetal Decoration
Period: Byzantine
Material: Limestone
Site: `Akko Aqueduct
Lenght: 14 cm
Wide: 13 cm
Height: 11 cm
Description: The long side is decorated with a rectangular frame and a large
deeply carved cross in the center. The short side depicts in a square
frame:two birds on both sides of a deeply carved cross and two
branches. A hole drilled below the cross.
Bibliography: Aviam A and Shalem D 2012. A Decorated Portable Reliquarium from Shave Zion.. LA 62: 1-4, Figs. 1-3.
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