Panel with St. Peter or St. Paul (?), 500s, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 9 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 5/16 in. (23.1 x 10.5 x 0.8 cm), Ivories, Early images of religious figures are often difficult to identify. The book the man holds may mean that he is an evangelist, one of the authors of the four Gospels. His round face, short, curly beard, and balding head are typical for depictions of Saint Peter, but the lack of keys, which become a standard attribute of the saint, makes that identification uncertain
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