EditorialIvory pyxis with Saint Menas, Early Byzantine, 6th. This small pyxis shows two scenes from the life of Saint Menas, a semi-legendary Egyptian soldier martyred in the late 3rd century. He stands as a haloed orant, flanked by two camels associated with t...
EditorialSaint Menas, a semi-legendary Egyptian soldier martyred in the 3rd century. The two camels are associated with his life story. Marble Inv. B 4.