Marble closure slab with relief door
Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, GreeceMaterial: Marble.
Date range: 5th-6th century AD.
Origin: The pulpit of the Christian Parthenon, Athens.
A marble fragment of a closure slab (pluteus). It has a deep relief carving of a double door framed by two vertical posts and a horizontal lintel. The surface of the door is divided into panels by raised bands. A prominent, stylized cross is carved in the center, overlapping the door panels. A relief cross decoration, originating from the pulpit of the Parthenon when it was converted into a Christian church, and is dated to the 5th-6th century.
Museum label reference: Marble closure slab with relief cross. From the pulpit of the Christian Parthenon. 5th-6th c. BXM.
Original Text: Μαρμάρινο θωράκιο με ανάγλυφο σταυρό. Από τον άμβωνα του χριστιανικού Παρθενώνα.jpg]. 5ος-6ος αι.
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Marble closure slab (pluteus) fragment decorated with a symbolic relief door and cross
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