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Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis

Early Byzantine (Egypt)

mid 4th–5th century

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Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt) — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis, Ivory, Early Byzantine (Egypt)

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© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC

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© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC

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© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC

Title: Box with Isis-Tyche-Aphrodite and Dionysus-Serapis

Date: mid 4th–5th century

Culture: Early Byzantine (Egypt)

Medium: Ivory

Dimensions: 6 × 3 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (15.2 × 8.9 × 5 cm)

Classification: Ivories

Credit Line: Dumbarton Oaks Research and Library, Byzantine Collection, Washington D.C.

Rights and Reproduction: © Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC

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