Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: Byzantine
Date: 900–1000
Medium: Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips)
Dimensions: 17.190.135a–c: a: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1/4 in. (6.3 x 9 x 0.6 cm); b: 1 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/16 in. (2.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 cm); c: 3 5/8 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9.2 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm)
17.190.136a–c: a: 2 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in. (6.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 cm); b: 3 9/16 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm); c: 1 x 3 1/2 x 1/16 in. (2.6 x 8.9 x 0.2 cm)
17.190.137a–c: a: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1/4 in. (6.3 x 9 x 0.6 cm); b: 1 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/16 in. (2.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 cm); c: 3 5/8 x 1 x 1/16 in. (9.2 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm)
Classification: Bone
Geography: Made in Constantinople     
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Weapons|Men|Flowers