Tusk Fragment with the Ascension 720–970 Radiocarbon date, 95%% probability Ivory was so highly valued in Byzantium that emperors received it in tribute. Here, a fragment of a tusk, originally carved in the round, displays one of the most important Byzantine images, the Ascension of Christ into Heaven (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:6-11). Tusk Fragment with the Ascension 453638

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