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Fragment of a Lintel

Fifth- to sixth-century limestone lintel fragment bearing a Chi-Rho and Alpha-and-Omega symbolism.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 69.15

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Title
Fragment of a Lintel
Date
400–550
Medium
Limestone
Culture
Byzantine
Geography
Possibly Syria
Classification
Sculpture-Architectural
Rights checked
2026-09-10 · Public Domain
Geography + Transmission profile

Sinai & Eastern Mediterranean

6th c. onward; regional contexts vary · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Eastern Mediterranean and Sinai preservation context.

Production / use

Object record: Fifth- to sixth-century limestone lintel fragment bearing a Chi-Rho and Alpha-and-Omega symbolism. Production place is taken only from explicit museum/graph evidence; current collection is a separate present-location state.

Movement / provenance

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Reception / adaptation

Current collection/reception is modern context and is not substituted for medieval geography.

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Concepts + transmission methods

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Chi-Rho Christogramuses-symbol · source-backedAlpha and Omegauses-symbol · source-backedRights & Provenance Boundary← governs · system-rule
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Fragment of a Lintel← governs →Rights & Provenance Boundarygoverns →Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)
Fragment of a Lintel← governs →Rights & Provenance Boundarygoverns →Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Fragment of a Lintel← governs →Rights & Provenance Boundarydistinct-from →Icon Panel Making Reconstruction
Fragment of a Linteluses-symbol →Chi-Rho Christogramrepresents →Christ
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Lintel
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Alpha and OmegaFragment of a Lintel —uses-symbol→ Alpha and Omega · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-259.Chi-Rho ChristogramFragment of a Lintel —uses-symbol→ Chi-Rho Christogram · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-258.Rights & Provenance BoundaryFragment of a Lintel ←governs— Rights & Provenance Boundary · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-260.
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uses-symbol
Chi-Rho Christogram
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uses-symbol
Alpha and Omega
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← governs
Rights & Provenance Boundary
system-rule

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Lintel
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