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Image: Calling of Moses, 5th century
Relief showing two episodes from the calling of Moses on Mt. Horeb or Mt. Sinai (Exodus 3-4). Above the main scene is a cross, two peacocks, and a Greek inscription. Panel from the so-called Sarcophagus of the Physician John, Constantinople, first half of 5th century. Limestone. Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany.
by Holly Hayes
on March 4, 2008
subjects: — Byzantine — sarcophagi — Early Christian — limestone — Byzantine Greek — Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany