The damaged remains of two Byzantine reliquaries were found during the excavations at Dayr Mar Elian. The lid of one replicates a Roman sarcophagus and the other piece is a base of a different size decorated with a motif of ringed circles.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
2nd November 2006
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Archaeological Excavation
Tags
Archaeological Excavation, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Mar Elian, Mar Elian esh-Sharqi, Monastery, Qaryatayn, Reliquary, Sculpture, Syria, Syrian Civil War
Collection
The Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project (DMEAP)
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Byzantine Reliquaries,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/249.