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| Keywords: Armenian - Incense Box - Walters 571845 - Top.jpg Shaped like a small church with domes this box is divided on the inside into three compartments for storing incense used during the liturgy The Lamb of God on the lid symbolizes Jesus Christ A dedicatory inscription explains that the box was presented in 1791 by two women a priest and his wife to a church dedicated to St Theodore The four came from Erkiled a village close to Caesarea Kayseri in central Turkey 1791 Modern silver cm 9 2 14 6 accession number 57 1845 39205 Lucy Arnold Stephenson Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Lucy Arnold Stephenson 1952 Translation This ark of incense is presented to the Church of Saint Theodore in memory of the Erkiled residents Sultan and Tevriz spouses of Almean s sons and of Father Moses and his wife Sultan place of origin Caesarea present-day Kayseri Turkey Walters Art Museum license Armenian Incense Box in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
