Multi-lobed box in gilded silver, embossed and chiselled.
L 62mm / l 43mm / H 29mm
Inscribed in Armenian: “In memory of Mariam, wife of Ter Kirakos, sister-in-law of Grigor Vartabed and cantor Haroutioun of the church of St Karapet in Caesarea, 1232/1783”.
L 62mm / l 43mm / H 29mm
The Crucifixion.
On the lid, Christ on the Cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John. The cross is surmounted by the sun and moon and rests upon Golgotha’s skull.
