Psiloi and Cavalry on a
Byzantine Casket, 11th century,
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Psiloi on a Byzantine Casket, 11th century, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Larger details of the Psiloi on this Byzantine Casket, 11th century, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Psiloi and Cavalry on a Byzantine Casket, 11th century, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Psiloi and Cavalry on a Byzantine Casket, 11th century, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Casket, depicting gladiators and warriors.
Byzantium, 11th c.
Elephant ivory on wood.
19.5 x 32.5 x 18.6 cm. Acq. 1885 from A. P. Bazilevskii Coll. (Paris).
Inv. no. [omega] 18.
Pub.: Isk. Viz., 2, no. 606, p. 108.
Source: State Hermitage Museum :: Byzantium. washington.edu

Larger images of this Byzantine Casket, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18 and opinions on forgery.
Plate 98/LVII, Goldschmidt, Adolph & Weitzmann, Kurt Die byzantinischen Elfenbeinskulpturen des X. - XIII. Jahrhunderts (Band 1)

Other Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

Psiloi and Cavalry on aByzantine Casket, 11th century,State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18

Psiloi and Cavalry on a
Byzantine Casket, 11th century,
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Ѡ-18