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A box with a truncated pyramid-shaped lid
(صندوق له غطاء ذو شكل هرم مقطوع)

Title	A box with a truncated pyramid-shaped lid
Title Original	صندوق له غطاء ذو شكل هرم مقطوع
Publication Date:	XII century
Publication Place	- Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Worship Affairs (Endowments)
Subject	Ivory on wood, gilded bronze. —Sicilian teachers with Arab culture.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 12.5سم؛ العرض: 20.5سم؛ العمق 14.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	175 (جرد عام 1908)
Record ID	object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;46;ar
Library Location	Palatina Dome (Al Khazneh)
Date	XII century
Notes	A rectangular wooden box with a pyramid-shaped, headless lid. On its surface is a handle with three ears. The sides and surface of this box are fixed with gilded bronze arrows to connect its parts well. On each of the four side faces of the box, a gilded bronze lock was placed to close it tightly. In each corner of the box there is a small star. The inner surface of this box was covered with fabric that appears to have been red in color. This box is considered a model of the boxes known at the time, and there is a box in York Cathedral similar to it in terms of decoration, except that it is oval in shape. In the city of Palermo, there are two pyramid-shaped boxes, cut into the Palatina Dome group. There is a box in the Wolters Museum of Art in Baltimore that is not only similar to this box in terms of shape, but also in terms of its metal elements and decoration.
Sample Text	Maria Ilaria Randazzo “A box with a truncated pyramid-shaped lid” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;46;ar

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A box with a truncated pyramid-shaped lid

(صندوق له غطاء ذو شكل هرم مقطوع)

Publication Date XII century

Publication Place - Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Worship Affairs (Endowments)

Subject Ivory on wood, gilded bronze. —Sicilian teachers with Arab culture.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 12.5سم؛ العرض: 20.5سم؛ العمق 14.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 175 (جرد عام 1908)

Record ID object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;46;ar

Library Location Palatina Dome (Al Khazneh)

Date XII century

Notes A rectangular wooden box with a pyramid-shaped, headless lid. On its surface is a handle with three ears. The sides and surface of this box are fixed with gilded bronze arrows to connect its parts well. On each of the four side faces of the box, a gilded bronze lock was placed to close it tightly. In each corner of the box there is a small star. The inner surface of this box was covered with fabric that appears to have been red in color. This box is considered a model of the boxes known at the time, and there is a box in York Cathedral similar to it in terms of decoration, except that it is oval in shape. In the city of Palermo, there are two pyramid-shaped boxes, cut into the Palatina Dome group. There is a box in the Wolters Museum of Art in Baltimore that is not only similar to this box in terms of shape, but also in terms of its metal elements and decoration.

Sample Text Maria Ilaria Randazzo “A box with a truncated pyramid-shaped lid” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_C;46;ar