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Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineIvory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve, 1000–1100s. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period. Ivory, wood; overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade, 1924.747
