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Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
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Made in the 500s, this Byzantine phylactery, or personal reliquary, was meant to be worn around the neck on a chain. It is fashioned of bronze and still contains its original linen-wrapped relic.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePhylactery (Reliquary Penant), c. 500–700. Byzantium, Egypt or Syria, early Byzantine period, 6th-8th centuries. Copper alloy; diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.237
