Currently not on view
Seven Plaques from Caskets,
4th–5th century CE
Egyptian
y1929-213 a-g
Information
Title
Seven Plaques from Caskets
Dates
4th–5th century CE
Medium
Bone
Dimensions
a: h. 8.0 x 12.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
b: h. 8.0 x 12.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
c: h. 5.8 x 10.0 cm (2 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
d: h. 7.5 x 16.0 cm (2 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
e: h. 9.6 x 12.5 cm (3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
f: h. 7.5 cm, w. 21.7 cm (2 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
g: h. 7.4 cm, w. 17.5 cm (2 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase or gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1929-213 a-g
Place Made
Africa, Egypt
Culture
Materials
Acquired by the Museum in 1923, either as a gift of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., or purchased from an unknown source.
- Kate McK. Elderkin, "An Alexandrian carved casket of the fourth century", American journal of archaeology 30, no. 2 (Apr.- Jun., 1926): p. 150-157., p. 150ff (illus)
- Elzbieta Rodziewicz, "Aleksandryjska Plakieta z Ksci z Przedstawieniem Nereidy," Rocznik Museum Narodowego w Warszawie 9 (1965): p. 119-129, p. 119ff, fig. 2
- Slobodan Curcic and Archer St. Clair, Byzantium at Princeton: Byzantine art and archaeology at Princeton University: catalogue of an exhibition at Firestone Library, Princeton University, August 1 through October 26, 1986, (Princeton, NJ: Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1986)., cat. no. 146; p. 119
- Archer St. Clair, Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, The carver's art, Medieval sculpture in ivory, bone, and horn, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1989)., cat. no. 76
