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Marble Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010

Marble Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010
Marble Reliquary in the Shape of a Sarcophagus
Byzantine
Carved 400-600

Accession # 49.69.2a,b

Holes in the lid of sarcophagus-shaped reliquaries, as seen here, allowed the faithful to insert cloth attached to narrow rods into the reliquary in order to absorb the power of the relic through contact. Alternatively, oil was poured through the hole and collected by means of a second hole in the base in containers brought by the faithful.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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