Cultures/periods:
Middle Byzantine
Production date:
10thC-11thC
Materials:
bone
Technique:
carved; relief
One of two sides of the box; bone plates originally covered with wood; hunting scene; on the left, a naked hunter with a spear and a dog approaches a large hare nibbling on a bush near a tree; in the center, a similar hunter firing a bow at a deer attacked by two dogs; on the right, a leopard and wolf fighting. With three (now separate) border panels with additional two pieces of paneling and a fragment box.