Reliquary

6th/7th Century AD – Marble – 20x25x17 cm

A Reliquary decorated with a cross. A beautifully crafted chest designed to preserve and display relics for veneration (Relics are physical remains or items associated with saints, martyrs, or Christ e.g., bones, pieces of clothing, or fragments of the True Cross)

Discovered at Central Jordan (Madaba)

On Loan From Madaba Archaeological Museum