Abraham pursues the Four Kings, to rescue Lot.
Carolingian Ivory Relief, Trier, Germany, 6th Century.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier, Hs 268.



Image File no. fm1555555
© Bildarchiv Foto Marburg / Photo: Schmidt-Glassner, Helga; Date of recording: before 1963 - rights reserved
Abraham riding with his soldiers
Stylistic-geographical classification: Rhenish?
Dating: 501 / 600 AD
Type: Relief
Material / Technique: Ivory, carved
Dimensions: 6.8 x 13.8 cm
Place of origin: Trier, Sankt Maximin
Collection: Trier, Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Inventory no.: Hs 268
Theme: Iconography: The campaign of the kings and the rescue of Lot (Genesis 14: 1-17)
Source : Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
[Note that the horse-archer is seated facing the rear.]



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