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Medical Case

A medical case shown with Saint Thalelaios on the Met processional cross, functioning there as a profession-linked identifying clue.

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Saint attributes

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Observation

A compact medical case accompanies a saint.

Identification

On the Met processional cross it helps identify the central back medallion as Saint Thalelaios.

Conventional association

Professional equipment can narrow saintly role when combined with inscription and other attributes.

Theological interpretation

No independent theological meaning is asserted.

Uncertainty

The case is object-specific evidence here; BIU does not generalize it into a universal saint identifier.

Safe-inference boundaryThis profile describes a source-bounded convention. It does not turn a generic clue into an assertion about any specific museum object unless an explicit object relationship/source supports that claim.
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Figures + icon types

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Saint Thalelaios← holds-attribute · source-backed

Scenes

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Verified objects

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Materials + making

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Sacred space

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History + places

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Decoder source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross
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Saint ThalelaiosMedical Case ←holds-attribute— Saint Thalelaios · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-751.
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Saint Thalelaios
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data

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