- Period
- Byzantine
- Date
- c. 500–700
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1999.237
Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
Unknown maker, c. 500–700
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 500–700
- Medium
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
- Period
- Byzantine
The record
Why it matters
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.