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Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve
The collection record classifies this work as ivory. It is dated 1000–1100s. Recorded culture or place: Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period.
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- Museum title
- Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve
- Date
- 1000–1100s
- Culture / origin
- Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period
- Materials and technique
- ivory, wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1924.747
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Scenes from the Old Testament stories of Adam and Eve and their children, Cain and Abel, decorate this box, which may have been made to contain jewelry or small valuables. On its lid two plaques depict the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib. Two further plaques depict Cain slaying Abel: Cain throws a stone in the direction of Abel, who is hit by stones in the hip, chest, and head.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade · CC0
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