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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.651
Title
Plaque with maenad or personification
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
architectural fragment
Date
c. 400-640 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Coptic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289276

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
max. H. 9.5 × W. 4.5 × D. 3 cm (3 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York (by 1982)], inherited by; his wife, Beatrice Kelekian, New York, (1982-1984), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Beatrice Kelekian in memory of her husband, Charles Dikran Kelekian
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.651
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 169/fig. 85

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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