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Historical Archive: Projecta Casket

Rome, about 380, silver and gold
height 28.6, length 56, width 48.8 cm (11.3 x 22 x 19.2 inches)
inscription: SECVNDE ET PROIECTA VIVATIS IN CHRISTO
Secundus and Proiecta, live in Christ
London, British Museum 1866,1229.1


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full, oblique from
front/left
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with person for scale
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oblique from
above/front/left
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oblique from above/
front; lid: Venus at
her toilette
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Venus panel, left:
triton and eros with box
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Venus panel, right:
triton and eros with basket
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oblique from above/
left; lid: Nereid
riding sea monster
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full left side
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lid right: Nereid riding
hippocamp
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oblique from
below/back/left
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box front: lady at
toilette with attendants
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lid: Secundus and
Projecta
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Venus with mirror
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triton holding mirror
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lady's attendant with
box
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lady at her toilette
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column and capital
next to lady
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Nereid riding sea monster
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box left: attendant
with box
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box left: attendant
with candle
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lid front: full inscription